Sale: 457 / Modern Art II, Dec. 07. 2017 in Munich Lot 15

 

15
August Macke
Straße mit Leuten (klein), Um 1913.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,850

(incl. surcharge)
Straße mit Leuten (klein). Um 1913.
Watercolor over pencil drawing.
Heiderich Aquarelle 313. Verso with the estate stamp (Lugt 1775b) and the inscription "Farb. Tusche 47 Strasse mit Leuten 1913". With another estate stamp on the backinh board. There inscribed "August Macke Farbige Tuschbilder Nr. 47 Strasse mit Leuten. 1913-14". On wove paper. 11 x 8 cm (4.3 x 3.1 in). Backing board: 13,5 x 10,5 cm ( 5,3 x 4,1 in).
Preliminary study for the painting "Helle Strasse mit Leuten" (Vriesen 495, Heiderich 567).

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Fendler, Bonn 1957.
Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf.
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Commemorative exhibition August Macke, Kunstverein Frankfurt/Main 1920, cat. no. 39.
Commemorative exhibition August Macke, Neues Museum Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden/Wiesbadener Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, 1920, cat. no. 39.
August Macke. Zur 20. Wiederkehr seines Todestages, Galerie von der Heyde, Berlin 1934, cat. no. 64.
August Macke, Kestner Gesellschaft Hanover, 1935, cat. no. 86.
Macke. Aquarell-Ausstellung, Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld 1957, cat. no. 266, illu. on p. 34.

Often small sketches prepare for a painting, however, such a comprehensive execution in a small format like this is a very rare thing. The later painting's complete composition is outlined in this work. August Macke captured even the smallest detail with great meticulousness, the watercolors anticipate the painting's atmosphere. The small sheet is a wonderful document of how the artist prepared for his paintings. [KD]



15
August Macke
Straße mit Leuten (klein), Um 1913.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,850

(incl. surcharge)