Sale: 554 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 08. 2024 in Munich 
Lot 123001738
Lot 123001738
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123001738
Max Liebermann
Bildnis des Textilfabrikanten Carl Lewin, 1922.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 42,800 - 64,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Bildnis des Textilfabrikanten Carl Lewin. 1922.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in upper right. 90 x 72.5 cm (35.4 x 28.5 in).
[AR].
• Striking portrait of the textile manufacturer Carl Lewin.
• Made for one of the six children of the art-loving industrialist from Wroclaw, who was also portrayed by Georg Kolbe.
• Initially criticized for a lack of idealization in his earlier portraits, Liebermann eventually became one of the most sought-after portraitists of his time.
• In 1927, he received a commission to paint the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg.
• Similar works can be found in numerous museum collections, including the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Staatliche Museen Schwerin and the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made subject to an amicable agreement with the heirs of Cäcilie Beermann on the basis of a fair and just solution.
LITERATURE: Matthias Eberle, Max Liebermann. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Ölstudien, vol. II: 1900-1935, Munich 1996, no. 1922/15 (illu. in black and white on p. 1058).
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Galerie Rosen, auction 24, Berlin May 16 - 18, 1955, no. 1876.
Peter Günnemann, Hamburg, 18th auction, April 4, 1992, lot 15 (illu. in color).
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in upper right. 90 x 72.5 cm (35.4 x 28.5 in).
[AR].
• Striking portrait of the textile manufacturer Carl Lewin.
• Made for one of the six children of the art-loving industrialist from Wroclaw, who was also portrayed by Georg Kolbe.
• Initially criticized for a lack of idealization in his earlier portraits, Liebermann eventually became one of the most sought-after portraitists of his time.
• In 1927, he received a commission to paint the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg.
• Similar works can be found in numerous museum collections, including the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Staatliche Museen Schwerin and the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
PROVENANCE: The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made subject to an amicable agreement with the heirs of Cäcilie Beermann on the basis of a fair and just solution.
LITERATURE: Matthias Eberle, Max Liebermann. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Ölstudien, vol. II: 1900-1935, Munich 1996, no. 1922/15 (illu. in black and white on p. 1058).
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Galerie Rosen, auction 24, Berlin May 16 - 18, 1955, no. 1876.
Peter Günnemann, Hamburg, 18th auction, April 4, 1992, lot 15 (illu. in color).
123001738
Max Liebermann
Bildnis des Textilfabrikanten Carl Lewin, 1922.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 42,800 - 64,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
