Kornfeld · Lot 507
Houses in Veracruz
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Häuser in Veracruz
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Max Peiffer Watenphul
Born : 1896Died : 1976Documented citizenships : Germany
The German painter and photographer Max Peiffer Watenphul was born in Weferlingen in 1896. After studying law, he decided in 1919 to devote himself to painting, then studied at the Bauhaus. In Weimar, Walter Gropius enabled him to work in all the workshops.
After an initial trip to Italy in 1921, he crossed the Atlantic in 1924, via Cuba, to Mexico, where he stayed for about a year. To earn a living, he gave painting lessons there and designed stage sets as well as posters. His interest in Mexican popular painting accompanied the creation of large-scale landscapes in expressive colours.
Dated 1924, Mexico City, La Sirena is an oil on canvas measuring 68 × 96 cm, monogrammed “M.P.W.” at the upper right. According to the description of the work, the façade of La Sirena — probably an entertainment venue in the old town of Mexico City — stands out in blue against an otherwise grey background. The canvas is included in the first volume of the catalogue raisonné by Grace Watenphul Pasqualucci and Alessandra Pasqualucci, devoted to paintings and watercolours, published in Cologne in 1989 under number G 0068. It is also listed as number 22 in the catalogue of the exhibition Max Peiffer Watenphul, Ein bemerkenswert unangepasster Bauhaus-Schüler, Werke von 1915 bis 1960, presented by Galerie Henze & Ketterer in Wichtrach, near Bern, in 2008.
This profile brings together identity references for Max Peiffer Watenphul and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
11 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Kornfeld, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Works recorded at auction
Kornfeld · Lot 508
Mexico City, La Sirena
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Mexico City, La Sirena
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Pulquería in Mexico
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Pulquería in Mexico
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Lempertz · Lot 132
Stilleben mit Lackkästen
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Stilleben mit Lackkästen
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-12-04
Published result : 18750 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 20000
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Lempertz · Lot 445
Strasse in Casamicciola
Aquarell und Bleistift auf geripptem Papier
Auction date : 2020-12-09
Published result : 7250 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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Lempertz · Lot 440
Tulpen und Margeriten
Aquarell und Bleistift auf Büttenpapier
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 3100 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3500
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Lempertz · Lot 263
Stadtlandschaft mit Brücke
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Stadtlandschaft mit Brücke
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-06-01
Published result : 34720 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 30000
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Lempertz · Lot 498
Hafen von Ischia
Aquarell und Deckweiß auf Papier
Auction date : 2018-06-01
Published result : 2852 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3000
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Lempertz · Lot 491
Ca’ di Desdemona
Aquarell und Bleistiftzeichnung auf festem rauen Karton
Auction date : 2015-11-27
Published result : 9920 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 10000
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Dobiaschofsky
Bouquet of flowers
Watercolour and pencil
Original catalogue wording
Blumenstrauss.
Aquarell und Bleistift
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 473
Attributed to Max Peiffer-Watenphul — Flower Still Life with a Curtain
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Attribué à MAX PEIFFER-WATENPHUL — Blumenstillleben mit Vorhang.
Öl auf Lwd.
zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Published result : 4000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 9000
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SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19