Sale: 431 / Art of the 19th Century, May 25. 2016 in Munich Lot 124

 
Ludwig von Hofmann - Knabenakt, mit Steinschleuder Murmeltiere jagend
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Ludwig von Hofmann
Knabenakt, mit Steinschleuder Murmeltiere jagend, Ca. 1892/94.
Pastel
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
Sold:
€ 3,250 / $ 3,477
(incl. surcharge)
Knabenakt, mit Steinschleuder Murmeltiere jagend. Ca. 1892/94.
Pastel, on brown paper, laminated on board.
Monogrammed lower right. 36.3 x 23.1 cm (14.2 x 9 in), the full sheet. Board: 38,2 x 24,7 cm (15 x 9,7 in).
Verso with numbers "Y594" and "#236". [CB].

We are grateful to Dr. Annette Wagner-Wilke, Karben, for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Agnes Hesse, neé Thiersch, Leipzig (1863-1954). Sister of Justus Thiersch (1859-1937), who married Maria von Hofmann (born in 1865); the artist's sister, in 1888.
Ever since in family possession Leipzig/Saarbrücken/North Rhine-Westphalia.

EXHIBITION: Galerie Druet, Paris (verso witgh label, inscribed "1627" and "Hoffmann" [sic].

The pastel is a present from Ludwig von Hofmann to his godson Kurt Hesse for Christmas in 1906. This is documented in a letter from the painter to Kurt's mother Agnes Hesse, neé Thiersch, attached to the rear of the frame. In the letter Hofmann also mentions that it is a motif of the Gotthardt mountain in the Swiss Alps. Kurt died at the beginning of WW I at the young age of 20.


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124
Ludwig von Hofmann
Knabenakt, mit Steinschleuder Murmeltiere jagend, Ca. 1892/94.
Pastel
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
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€ 3,250 / $ 3,477
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