ID 1305990
Lot 189 | AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Nackte Mädchen in der Barke
signed and dated 'A Macke 1911' (strengthened, lower right) and later dated '1913' by another hand; with the Nachlass stamp (Lugt 1775b; on the reverse)
gouache and watercolour, heightened with silver, on paper laid down on card
13 3/8 x 19 5/8 in. (34 x 50 cm.)
Executed in 1911
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke [the artist's wife], Bonn, by descent from the above.
Wolfgang Macke [the artist's son], Bonn.
Galerie Alex Vömel, Dusseldorf, by 1952.
Acquired from the above, by 1957, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Exh. cat., Macke, Aquarell-Ausstellung, Bielefeld, 1957, no. 103, p. 19.
G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 103, p. 278.
U. Heiderich, August Macke, Aquarelle, Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart, 1997, no. 143, p. 232.
Exhibited
Dusseldorf, Galerie Alex Vömel, Paul Klee - August Macke, Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 1952, no. 34.
Further details
We thank Dr. Tanja Pirsig-Marshall for her help in researching and cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | August Macke (1887 - 1914) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | August Macke (1887 - 1914) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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