Sale: 466 / Modern Art II, June 07. 2018 in Munich Lot 108

 

108
Josef Scharl
Der Abend, 1925.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 14,000 / $ 15,120
Sold:
€ 150,000 / $ 162,000

(incl. surcharge)
Der Abend. 1925.
Oil on canvas.
Firmenich/Lukas 62. Signed and dated in lower left. With the artist's hand-written address label on the stretcher. 158 x 52.5 cm (62.2 x 20.6 in).

Early and significant work by the artist.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Aloys Greither, Holzhausen/Munich.
Private collection.

EXHIBITION: Josef Scharl. 33 Gemälde und 20 Handzeichnungen, Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann und G. Franke, Munich February 7 - March 5, 1931, no. 2.
Josef Scharl, Galerie Beisel, Karlsruhe May 1 - 31, 1947, cat no. 15 (leaflet).
Josef Scharl. Gedächtnisausstellung, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin April 20 - June 6, 1964, cat. no. 16.
Josef Scharl, Städtisches Museum, Trier November 21 1967 - January 2, 1968, cat. no. 2.
Josef Scharl 1896-1954, Kunstverein, Heidelberg January 14 - February 11, 1968, leaflet no. 3.
Josef Scharl. Ölbilder - Tempera - Zeichnungen - Druckgraphik, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich April 17 - May 29, 1971, cat. no. 3.
Josef Scharl, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund September 26 - October 31, 1976, cat. no. 3 (with exhibition label on the stretcher).
Josef Scharl. 94 Ölbilder, Moderne Galerie im Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken January 16 - February 13, 1977, list no. 4 (with adhesive label on stretcher).
Josef Scharl 1896-1954, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich December 15, 1982 - January 30, 1983, cat. no. 65, with illu. on p. 163 (with exhibition label on stretcher).

"The artist's development over 35 years of creation is smooth and harmonious, there are no significant changes in style, no contradictions. Scharl pursued this path with the same naturalness that also characterized his character."
Prof. Greither, 1967 (in: Josef Scharl zum 70. Geburtstag, Galerie Nierendorf Berlin, p. 9)




108
Josef Scharl
Der Abend, 1925.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 14,000 / $ 15,120
Sold:
€ 150,000 / $ 162,000

(incl. surcharge)