Alfred RETH (1884-1966) Collage Fabrics,... Lot 6

Alfred RETH (1884-1966) Collage Fabrics, oil paint, sand, fine sandstone and debris of shells on plywood panel Signed lower right and dated 64, signed and dated on the back 1964, Urban Gallery label (18 Faubourg Saint Honoré), Loudmer Beverly Hills Gallery label numbered 215 Size : 67,5 x 102,1 cm. 26,57 x 40,2 in. Size with frame: 77,6 x 112,1 cm. 30,55 x 44,13 in. A copy of the purchase invoice will be provided to the buyer Scratches, some wear on the composition and shocks to the frame, piton hole at the top center of the frame Alfred RETH (1884-1966) was a painter of Hungarian origin who settled in Paris in 1904. In 1910 and 1911, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and then participated in the cubist exhibition at the Der Sturm gallery in Berlin in 1913. In the 1920s, the painter turned to abstraction and was one of the precursors of this new artistic movement. Alfed RETH joined the Abstraction-Création group in 1931 alongside Jean ARP (1886-1966), Frantisek KUPKA (1871-1957), Auguste HERBIN (1882-1960)... In 1946, he also participated in the Salon des Réalités.