One of the great gallery owners of our town was Mathias Fels. Her started the gallery in 1955 and the gallery has since become one of the leading galleries in the world. With the death of Mathias Fels the gallery stopped, but until that date they organized some very important exhibitions and with these exhibitions catalogues were published using special designs, papers and in many cases special covers . The covers in some cases being original lithographs. As one of the leading art scene figures, Fels has become an icon for many gallery owners and together with gallery Denise Rene in Paris he always had a keen eye to present new modern artists in his gallery.
www.ftn-books.com has some beautiful and important Fels publications available.
You can find an excellent interview( in french) with Fels at:
http://www.visuelimage.com/ch/fels/
My favorite dealer ever.
I own a drawing by Amedeo Modigliani once said to be owned by Mathias Fels and I am trying to verify the provenance that I have been given from an earlier owner . The provenance states that Mathias Fels owned the drawing briefly from 1950 (approx) and sold it in 1956 to another dealer Gil Romeo.
I really am an ametuer in this area and I reach out to you for any information you may have on any catolouges where the ownership/sale involving Mathias Fels in which my drawing “Woman in a hat” might be mentioned.
I would appreciate any help you can give me.