Landschaft bei Galluzzo. 1942.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right. 39 x 51 cm (15.3 x 20 in). [AW].

• Part of the 2024 exhibition "Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns - Zwei Künstlerpaare der Moderne" at the Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm, and the Museum Wiesbaden.
• A powerful depiction of the Galluzzo district of Florence.
• In 1935, Hans Purrmann fled to Florence, where he took over the management of the Villa Romana Artist Foundation.
• His vibrant depictions of Italian landscapes are considered the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Loria, Florence.
Private collection (since 1978).
Private collection (since 1979).
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin.
Private collection, Lower Saxony (acquired from the above in 1988).

EXHIBITION: Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns – Zwei Künstlerpaare der Moderne, Museum Wiesbaden, Hessisches Landesmuseum, October 12, 2023 - February 18, 2024; Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm, April 27 - August 18, 2024.

LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde II. 1935-1966. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, no. 1942/03 (illustrated in color).
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Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 2nd auction, June 10, 1987, lot 254 (illustrated in color).