Sale: 539 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 10. 2023 in Munich Lot 352

 

352
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Liegender weiblicher Akt, 1926.
Watercolor with chalks and India ink
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 41,148

(incl. surcharge)
Liegender weiblicher Akt. 1926.
Watercolor with chalks and India ink.
Lower left signed and dated. On smooth off-white wove paper. 29.5 x 55.8 cm (11.6 x 21.9 in), the full sheet. [AM].

• Atmospheric nude in Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's highly expressive signature style.
• With a strong line and in dynamic watercolors, Kirchner created a depiction characterized by an enormous expressiveness.
• From the collection of Dr. Frédéric Bauer, head physician of the Davos Park Sanatorium and a close friend of Kirchner.
• Privately-owned for more than 60 years
.

The work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.

PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Frédéric Bauer, Davos.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired in 1960: Hauswedell, ever since family-owned.

EXHIBITION: Gemälde und Graphik der Sammlung Dr. F. Bauer - Davos, Nuremberg, 1952, cat. no. 212 (no illu.).

LITERATURE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, 18th auction, November 26, 1953, lot 1941 (no illu.)
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 101st auction, November 26, 1960, lot 379 (with illu. on plate XXI).




352
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Liegender weiblicher Akt, 1926.
Watercolor with chalks and India ink
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400
Sold:
€ 38,100 / $ 41,148

(incl. surcharge)