Sale: 502 / Modern Art II, July 18. 2020 in Munich Lot 348

 

348
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Sitzender und liegender Akt am Strand, Um 1913.
Watercolor and reed pen
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800

(incl. surcharge)
Sitzender und liegender Akt am Strand. Um 1913.
Watercolor and reed pen.
Signed in lower right. On smooth yellowish wove paper. 39.3 x 46 cm (15.4 x 18.1 in), size of sheet.

• Erotic scene in the Berlin studio
• Frivolous moment with kittenish motion
• Swift drawing in Kirchner‘s characteristic flow
.

The work is registered at the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive Wichtrach / Bern.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Christian Laely, Davos (in 1946 taken from aforemtnioned estate and assigned to the fictitious "Collection Gervais")
Private collection Southern Germany.
Private collection Germany.
Private collection Great Britain (since 2013).

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 369, December 7, 2002, lot 780.
Karl & Faber, Munich, auction 250, June 7, 2013, lot 613.




348
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Sitzender und liegender Akt am Strand, Um 1913.
Watercolor and reed pen
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800

(incl. surcharge)