ALFRED KUBIN (1877-1959) - photo 1
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ALFRED KUBIN (1877-1959)

Lot 374
30.06.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 50 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 990417
Lot 374 | ALFRED KUBIN (1877-1959)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
ALFRED KUBIN (1877-1959)

Ungeheuer auf dem Hügel (Teufel mit der Posaune)

signed 'AKubin' (lower right)

watercolour, crayon, pencil, India ink and pen and ink on paper

8 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (21.3 x 22.3 cm.)

Executed circa 1903





Provenance

Galerie Jean Claude Gaubert, Paris.

Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich, by whom acquired from the above in 1991.

Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, by whom acquired from the above.

Acquired from the above by the present owner on 12 February 1991.



Literature

A. Grigoteit, Ein Jahrundert, Frankfurt, 2001, p. 13 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie J.C. Gaubert, Idéalistes et Symbolistes, October - December 1973, no. 42, p. 52 (illustrated p. 53; titled 'Le diable sur la colline').

Paris, Galerie J.C. Gaubert, Kubin, June - July 1974, no. 38, p. 74 (illustrated p. 75; titled 'Der Teufel auf dem Hugel'; with inverted dimensions).

Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Auf Papier, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Deutschen Bank, March - April 1995, no. 104, p. 186 (illustrated p. 187); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Berlinischen Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur, May - July 1995; and Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, August - September 1995.

Passau, Museum Moderner Kunst Wörlen, Landschaften eines Jahrhunderts, Sammlung Deutsche Bank, February - April 2000, p. 275 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Lübeck, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck, St. Annen Museum, May - June 2000; Duisburg, Museum Küppersmühle, June - October 2000; Offenburg, Kunstverein und Städtische Galerie, October - November 2000; Oldenburg, Landesmuseum, January - March 2001; Aschaffenburg, Jesuitenkirche, April - June 2001; Augsburg, Toskanische Säulenhalle im Zeughaus und Foyer-Galerie, June - July 2001; Alzey, Bruggrafiat, October - November 2001; St Inbert Museum, February - April 2002; and Kapstadt, National Gallery, August - November 2002.



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Post lot text

Dr. Annegret Hoberg has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Alfred Cubin (1877 - 1959)
Art style:Symbolism
Place of origin:Austria, Western Europe, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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