Sale: 502 / Modern Art II, July 18. 2020 in Munich Lot 342

 

342
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Hauptbahnhof in Dresden, Um 1910/11.
Pen and ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700
Sold:
€ 12,500 / $ 13,375

(incl. surcharge)
Hauptbahnhof in Dresden. Um 1910/11.
Pen and ink drawing.
Verso with the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseums Basel (Lugt 1570b) and the registration number "F Be/Ab 6". On thin wove paper. 17 x 21.7 cm (6.6 x 8.5 in), the full sheet.

• Big city life was a key motif of Modernism
• The young architect was fascinated by the mixture of sacral architecture and a highly technological use
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We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate
Galerie Dr. Alfred Gunzenhauser, Munich 1973.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.




342
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Hauptbahnhof in Dresden, Um 1910/11.
Pen and ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700
Sold:
€ 12,500 / $ 13,375

(incl. surcharge)