Stillleben. 1920.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower right. Verso of the canvas signed, dated and illegibly inscribed, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist. 67.5 x 53 cm (26.5 x 20.8 in). [CH].

• Strong, Fauvist color palette.
• In 1991 part of a large solo show at Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld.
• Macke, Heinrich Campendonk and Heinrich Nauen are the most acclaimed representatives of Rhenish Expressionism
• His hitherto little known oeuvre was honored in several exhibition over the past couple of years (Cologne 2016, Ahlen/Bonn/Erfurt et al 2017/18, Dortmund 2019).

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Helmuth Macke 1891-1936, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, June 23 - August 8, 1991.

LITERATURE: Christie's, London, Impressionist and Modern Watercolors and Drawings. Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, December 2, 1986, lot no. 356.