Perückenstock

1917

not on display
Niklaus Stoecklin1896 Basel – 1982 Basel
We have 8 artworks by Niklaus Stoecklin online.
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Stoecklin repeatedly painted this and other old wig sticks (see Christoph Vögele: Niklaus Stoecklin. 1896-1982 (exhibition cat. Winterthur 1997), plates 12, 32), which once served to store wigs currently not worn. The motif belongs in the circle of the object-like body mockups loved by the Pittura metafisica and the Surrealists. It is possible that Stoecklin was already familiar with Depero's works through Gilbert Clavel from Basel.
Also known as
Wig Block Porte-perruque
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 69.5 x 52.5 cm
Inventory number
1237
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1919