Sale: 403 / Modern Art, April 19. 2013 in Munich Lot 105

 

105
Heinrich Campendonk
Vier badende Akte, 1912.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,260
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,075

(incl. surcharge)
Vier badende Akte. Um 1912.
Watercolor and brush over chalk.
Firmenich 161ATP. Verso with estate stamp, there signed by Herbert Campendonk. On wove paper. 39 x 45 cm (15,3 x 17,7 in), the full sheet.
Document from the artist's best days. Just fragmentarily preserved , due to the war, with larger losses in left half of image. Despite its blemishes, still an impressive sheet with high aesthetic appeal.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Herbert Campendonk, Düsseldorf-Osterath, from 7 November, 1976.

PROVENANCE: From artist's estate.
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Heinrich Campendonk. Das Kokoschka-Erlebnis und die Folgen, August Macke Haus Bonn, 25 February - 22 April, 2001, cat. no. 14 (with color illu. p. 105).

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105
Heinrich Campendonk
Vier badende Akte, 1912.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,260
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,075

(incl. surcharge)