ID 991670
Lot 96 | ADOLPH FRIEDRICH ERDMANN VON MENZEL (WROCLAW 1815-1905 BERLIN)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
Studies of two heads of women seen from behind
pastel, on brown paper
15.4 x 7.6 cm (6 x 3 1/8 in.)
Provenance
The artist's estate; thence by descent to Emilie von Krigar-Menzel (sister of the artist).
Max Liebermann (1847-1935), Berlin, by 1929; by descent to his wife,
Martha Liebermann (1857-1943), Berlin; from whom acquired by
Fritz Nathan, Switzerland, in 1936; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 20-24 May 1941, lot 961 (600 Swiss francs); where acquired by
Private collection, Switzerland; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 25 May 1944, lot 657; where acquired by
Private collection, Lucerne.
The Krupp family; thence by descent to Harald Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach; Christie’s, London, 9 October 1997, lot 49; where acquired by
Jan Krugier (1928-2008), Geneva; thence by descent.
Restituted to the heirs of Max and Martha Liebermann, 2023.
Literature
P. Rylands, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, exhib. cat., Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, and Geneva, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, 1999-2000, p. 410, ill. [German edition: Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin, 1999, p. 411, ill.].
Exhibited
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002 (not in catalogue).
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