Lot 113
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113
Hans Purrmann
Landschaft bei Sorrent, 1951.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 39,550 Sold:
€ 45,720 / $ 51,663 (incl. surcharge)
Landschaft bei Sorrent. 1951.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. 50.7 x 61 cm (19.9 x 24 in). [CH].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
• Throughout his life, Hans Purrmann had close ties to Italy, where he found an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
• In the year the painting was created, the artist traveled to Nice and Vence at the invitation of Henri Matisse, before spending the summer in Sorrento.
• In 1960, the painting was included in the most comprehensive solo exhibition of Purrmann's work to date at the Kunstverein Hannover.
• In 1955, Purrmann participated in documenta I in Kassel.
• His colorful depictions of Italy are the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
The work is registered at the Hans Purrmann Archiv under the number 103.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905–1968), Wiesbaden.
Max Niedermayer Estate, Wiesbaden.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1978).
In family ownership since then.
EXHIBITION: Der Maler Hans Purrmann. Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Graphik von 1898-1960, Kunstverein Hanover, October 16–November 20, 1960, p. 61, cat. no. 108 (with title “Sorrento”).
LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde II. 1935-1966. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, p. 257, catalog no. 1951/08 (illustrated in color).
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. 50.7 x 61 cm (19.9 x 24 in). [CH].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
• Throughout his life, Hans Purrmann had close ties to Italy, where he found an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
• In the year the painting was created, the artist traveled to Nice and Vence at the invitation of Henri Matisse, before spending the summer in Sorrento.
• In 1960, the painting was included in the most comprehensive solo exhibition of Purrmann's work to date at the Kunstverein Hannover.
• In 1955, Purrmann participated in documenta I in Kassel.
• His colorful depictions of Italy are the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
The work is registered at the Hans Purrmann Archiv under the number 103.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905–1968), Wiesbaden.
Max Niedermayer Estate, Wiesbaden.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1978).
In family ownership since then.
EXHIBITION: Der Maler Hans Purrmann. Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Graphik von 1898-1960, Kunstverein Hanover, October 16–November 20, 1960, p. 61, cat. no. 108 (with title “Sorrento”).
LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde II. 1935-1966. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, p. 257, catalog no. 1951/08 (illustrated in color).
113
Hans Purrmann
Landschaft bei Sorrent, 1951.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 39,550 Sold:
€ 45,720 / $ 51,663 (incl. surcharge)
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