TRIER, HANN1915 Kaiserswerth - 1999 Castiglione della PescaiaTitle: "Commedia dell' Arte 4 - Arlecchino". Date: 1987. Technique: Egg tempera on canvas. Measurement: 162.5 x 130.5cm. Notation: Signed lower left: hTrier. Additionally signed, dated, inscribed and titled verso on the upper left: hTrier 1987 748 Commedia dell' Arte 4 Arlecchino. Here additionally label centrally with work details. Provenance:- Galerie Zimmer, Duesseldorf- Corporate collection GermanyExhibitions:- Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal 1990 (label)Literature:- Fehlemann, Sabine (ed.): Hann Trier - Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Cologne 1990,cat. rais. no. 752, ill.- Exhib. cat. Hann Trier: Retrospektive. Bilder 1949-1989, Wuppertal 1990, cat. rais. no. 69- Trier has dedicated his works to the topic of the Italian "Commedia dell'Arte" and its protagonists in 11 paintings- The harlequin with his colourful costume and black demimask is the most famous figure of this folk comedy - From a phase in which the artist has obtained greater freedom of painting- Work convinces by means of its rhythmically moves motif and impulsively used colours.