Sale: 508 / Art of the 19th Century, Dec. 12. 2020 in Munich Lot 357

 

357
Otto Modersohn
Sommerliche Wümmewiesen, 1911.
Oil on cardboard, laminated on panel
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

(incl. surcharge)
Sommerliche Wümmewiesen. 1911.
Oil on cardboard, laminated on panel.
Signed in lower left, lower right dated "V II." (May 1911). Verso with a label of the Otto-Modersohn-Nachlass-Museums, Fischerhude, there titled "Wümmewiesen mit Bach", with the confirmation of the son Christian Modersohn and with the estate stamp. 40.4 x 57.3 cm (15.9 x 22.5 in).

• Airy landscape expressing a summery freshness
• Unusually bright and sunny color atmosphere
• Made near Fischerhude, where Modersohn gained new vitality after marrying Louise Breling in 1909
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We are grateful to Mr Rainer Noeres, Otto-Modersohn-Museum, Fischerhude, for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Hamburg (until 1986).
Bolland & Marotz, Bremen, auction 46, 1986, lot no. 709.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (inherited in 2010).




357
Otto Modersohn
Sommerliche Wümmewiesen, 1911.
Oil on cardboard, laminated on panel
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

(incl. surcharge)