ID 1306039
Lot 153 | AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
Stilleben mit Pfeife und Äpfeln
with the Nachlass stamp (Lugt 1775b; on the reverse); with the Nachlass stamp again (Lugt 1775b; on the backingboard)
watercolour and pastel on paper
9 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (24.8 x 33.6 cm.)
Executed in 1911
Provenance
The artist's estate (no. A 148).
Dr Wolfgang Macke, Bonn, by descent from the above.
Galerie Probst, Mannheim, by 1949.
Galerie Alex Vömel, Dusseldorf, by 1956.
Private collection, Germany, and thence by descent.
Literature
Rheinische Post, Dusseldorf, 14 March 1956 (illustrated).
G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 108, p. 278 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
U. Heiderich, August Macke, Aquarelle, Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart, 1997, no. 86, p. 214 (illustrated p. 66; illustrated again p. 215).
Exhibited
Mannheim, Galerie Probst, August Macke, 1949 (no cat).
Dusseldorf, Galerie Alex Vömel, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen von August Macke, March 1956, no. 8, n.p. (dated '1912'; with incorrect medium).
Bielefeld, Städtisches Kunsthaus, Macke, Aquarell-Ausstellung, June - July 1957, no. 108, p. 19 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
New York, Hutton-Hutschnecker Gallery, Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke, Drawings and Watercolors, April - May 1969, no. 123, p. 128 (dated '1912'; with incorrect medium).
Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, August Macke, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, December 1976 - February 1977, no. 114, p. 52 (dated '1912'; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, February - March 1977; and Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, April - June 1977.
Berlin, Galerie Pels-Leusden, Franz Marc, Gouachen, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen - August Macke, Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Plastik, October 1977 - January 1978, no. 80, p. 11 (with incorrect medium).
Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, August Macke, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, December 1986 - February 1987, no. 150, p. 477 (illustrated p. 301; dated '1912' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, March 1987 - May 1987; and Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, May 1987 - July 1987.
Artist: | August Macke (1887 - 1914) |
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Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art |
Genre: | Genre art, Still life |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
Artist: | August Macke (1887 - 1914) |
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Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art |
Genre: | Genre art, Still life |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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