Sale: 466 / Modern Art II, June 07. 2018 in Munich Lot 32

 

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August Macke
Viktoriabrücke im Abendglühen, 1912.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,630
Sold:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700

(incl. surcharge)
Viktoriabrücke im Abendglühen. 1912.
Watercolor.
Heiderich 275. Verso with numbered estate stamp. On wove paper. 46.5 x 34.2 cm (18.3 x 13.4 in) , the full sheet.

We are grateful to Ursula Heiderich, Syke, for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Presumbaly collection Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke.
Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld (1930–1937).
State property (1937).
Stuttgart, Galerie Valentien (acquired from aforementioned).
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett May 27 – 30. 1952, 15th auction, lot no. 2180 (consigned by aforementioned).
Private collection Schmutzler (acquired from aforementioned).

EXHIBITION: XVI. Gesellschaft für Literatur und Kunst (Dramatischer Verein), Städtisches Museum Villa Obernier, Bonn, October/November 1918.
August Macke, Graphisches Kabinett van Bergh und Comp. (Dr. Koch), Düsseldorf August 15, 1919.
Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld, Macke Exhibition, June 3 to 29, 1930.

August Macke depicted Viktoria Bridge in Bonn, built in 1905, 22 times between 1911 and his far too timely death in Tod 1914. In our sheet he put focus on line management and the group of people on the bridge.



32
August Macke
Viktoriabrücke im Abendglühen, 1912.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,630
Sold:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700

(incl. surcharge)