Birken am Moorgraben. 1904.
Oil on cardboard.
Monogrammed "OM" lower left, monogrammed "X 04" lower right. 56.7 x 40.5 cm (22.3 x 15.9 in).


• Birch trees are the most important motif in the Worpswede landscapes of Otto Modersohn and his wife, Paula Modersohn-Becker.
• A mysterious world of moor landscape in dark tonality.
• The immediate and intimate impression of nature is the hallmark of the Worpswede style.

We are grateful to Mr. Rainer Noeres, Otto-Modersohn-Museum, Fischerhude, for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: From the estate of Otto Modersohn, Fischerhude.
Mathilde Modersohn.
Galerie Wolfgang Werner, Bremen.
Private collection, Northern Germany.
Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 2014).

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction on June 13, 2014, lot 14 (illustrated).