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AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)

Lot 213
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Lot 213 | AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Farbige Formen III
with the Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
oil on panel
11 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (28.8 x 23.8 cm.)
Painted in Bonn in 1913




Provenance

The artist's estate.
Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke (the artist's wife), Bonn, by descent from the above.
Dr. Wolfgang Macke, Bonn (the artist's son), a gift from the above, until at least 1974.
Gisela Macke (née Thuar), Bonn, by descent from the above, until at least 1985.
Private collection, Germany; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2005, lot 299.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1953, no. 391, p. 288.
G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 391, p. 329 (illustrated).
E.-G. Güse, August Macke, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Munich, 1986, no. 99, p. 462 (illustrated p. 258).
R. von Bitter, August Macke, Munich, 1993, no. 73, p. 94 (illustrated).
U. Heiderich, August Macke, Gemälde, Werkverzeichnis, Ostfildern, 2008, no. 501, p. 480 (illustrated pp. 227 & 481).



Exhibited

The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, August Macke, December 1953 - February 1954, no. 30 (titled 'Compositie III).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, August Macke, April - May 1954, no. 31.
Braunschweig, Kunstverein, August Macke, Ölbilder, Aquarelle und Handzeichnungen 1907-1914, October 1954, no. 52.
Cologne, Kunstverein, Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts in Kölner Privatbesitz, 1957, no. 72 (incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on board' and with incorrect dimensions).
Münster, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität & Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, August Macke, Gedenkausstellung zum 70. Geburtstag, January - March 1957, no. 66, p. 87 (incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on board').
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, August Macke, July - September 1962, no. 121, p. 96.
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, XXVII Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, L'Espressionismo, pittura, scultura, architettura, May - June 1964, no. 361, p. 141 (illustrated p. 156).
Hamburg, Kunstverein, August Macke, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, December 1968 - February 1969, no. 74 (illustrated pl. 86); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, February - March 1969.
Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Hommage à Schönberg, September - November 1974, no. 81, p. 125 (illustrated p. 123).
Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Zwischen Improvisation und Fuge, May - June 1977, no. 58, p. 44 (incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on board'.
Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Die Rheinischen Expressionisten, August Macke und seine Malerfreunde, May - July 1979, no. 246, p. 424; this exhibition later travelled to Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, August - October 1979 and Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, October - December 1979.
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Vom Klang der Bilder, July - September 1985, no. 88, p. 74 (illustrated).
Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, August Macke, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, December 1986 - February 1987, no. 99, p. 462 (illustrated p. 258); this exhibition later travelled to Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, March - May 1987 and Munich, Städtiche Galerie im Lenbachhaus, May - July 1987.
Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, August Macke und die frühe Moderne in Europa, November 2001 - February 2002, no. 103, pp. 211 & 225 (illustrated p. 225); this exhibition later travelled to Bonn, Kunstmuseum, March - June 2002.
Artist:August Macke (1887 - 1914)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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