Austreibung des Teufels. 1946.
Pastel.
Lorenz SW 3.4.17. Lower right with the artist's stylized monogram and the date. Verso additionally inscribed "Studie zur Austreibung der Teufel". On wove paper. 42.3 x 51.7 cm (16.6 x 20.3 in), the full sheet.
Study for the painting of the same name from the same year, cf. Löffler 1946/5. [CH].
Study for the painting of the same name.
Pastel in strong color from the 'Christ Cycle'.
Unusual and very rare motif in the artist's oeuvre.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
Private collection Berlin.

LITERATURE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 33rd auction, 20th Century Art, May 28, 1979, lot 287 (with illu. in black-and-white).