Sale: 419 / Modern Art, Dec. 05. 2014 in Munich Lot 366

 

366
Albert Birkle
Ruhende mit Hut (Else Starosta), Um 1926.
Oil
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800
Sold:
€ 45,000 / $ 48,600

(incl. surcharge)
Ruhende mit Hut (Else Starosta). Um 1926.
Oil on firm board.
Kraker 596 (there with title "Halbakt mit rotem Kleid"). Signed lower right. Verso inscribed "No 6" by a hand other than that of the artist. 62 x 70,5 cm (24,4 x 27,7 in). [JS].

We are grateful to Roswita and Victor Pontzen, archive Albert Birkle, Salzburg, for their kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Collection Joseph Hierling (1977 acquired directly from artist; until 2010).
Private collection Hamburg (since 2010).

EXHIBITION: Albert Birkle, Museum Expressiver Realismus Schloß Kißlegg, 13 May - 30 September, 2001, Dominikanermuseum Rottweil, 19 October - 2 December, 2001.
Menschenbilder - Collection Joseph Hierling, Kunsthalle Schweinfurt 26 March - 25 July, 2010, p. 76 (with color illu.).




366
Albert Birkle
Ruhende mit Hut (Else Starosta), Um 1926.
Oil
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800
Sold:
€ 45,000 / $ 48,600

(incl. surcharge)