Sale: 466 / Modern Art II, June 07. 2018 in Munich Lot 25

 

25
August Macke
Alpenveilchen, 1910.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,450
Sold:
€ 47,500 / $ 50,825

(incl. surcharge)
Alpenveilchen. 1910.
Oil on panel.
Heiderich 174. Verso with estate stamp and with hand-written inscription "Vr.392 b". With faded inscription "August Macke, 'Farbige Karos' 1913, Alpenveilchen, 1910" by Dr. Wolfgang Macke below image. 26 x 10.5 cm (10.2 x 4.1 in). Holz: 41 x 10,5 cm ( 16,1 x 4,1 in).
The plate was separated between 1953 and 1957. The rear side of our small painting is in possession of the 'Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster (inventory number 2206 LM).

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

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Collection Gisela Macke.
Collection Honsel, Meschede.
Private collection Sindelfingen.

"This point of rest was crucial for the development of his work, in order to attain a recption of both tradition and the avant-garde and eventually to allow accumulated creative forces to break through."
U. Heiderich, 2008, p. 49, about August Macke's days in Tegernsee.




25
August Macke
Alpenveilchen, 1910.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,450
Sold:
€ 47,500 / $ 50,825

(incl. surcharge)