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FRANZ MARC (1880-1916)

Lot 32
05.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1380919
Lot 32 | FRANZ MARC (1880-1916)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
FRANZ MARC (1880-1916)
Katzen, Rot und Weiß
signed 'Marc' (upper left)
oil on panel
20 ½ x 13 ¾ in. (52 x 35 cm.)
Painted in October 1912




Provenance

Levin, Berlin, by whom acquired at the Galerie Thannhauser exhibition in January 1913.
(probably) Prof. Schoene, [Berlin], by 1936.
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Senta Hildebrand, Berlin & Munich, by whom acquired from the above in the late 1930s.
Galerie Dr Rainer Horstmann, Düsseldorf & Hamburg, by whom acquired from the above in 1970.
Elinor Heins, Montreux, by whom acquired from the above in January 1970 and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

The artist’s notebook, no. 98, p. 60 'Katzen X 1912 300 rot und weiss, hochformat'.
A. J. Schardt, Franz Marc, Berlin, 1936, no.1912-24, p. 164.
K. Lankheit, Franz Marc, Katalog der Werke, Cologne, 1970, no. 178, p. 62.
P. Vogt, Der Blaue Reiter, Paris, 1977, no. 12, p. 149 (illustrated pl. 12).
P. Vogt, The Blue Rider, London, 1980, no. 12, p. 136 (illustrated pl. 12).
A. Hoberg & I. Jansen, Franz Marc: The Complete Works, vol. I, The Oil Paintings, Munich, 2004, no. 189, p. 215 (illustrated p. 214).
A. Chevallier, Le coffret des chats, Paris, 2020 (illustrated on the cover).



Exhibited

Munich, Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Collection II, January 1913.
(possibly) Berlin, Galerie der Sturm, Vierzehnte Ausstellung, Franz Marc Gemälde, March - April 1913, no. 8; this exhibition later travelled to Hamburg, Kunstsalon Ludwig Bock & Sohn, May 1913 and Amsterdam, Moderne Kunst Kring, December 1913 (titled ‘Zwei Katzen').
(possibly) Berlin, Galerie der Sturm, Sechsundvierzigste Ausstellung Franz Marc Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, November 1916, no. 5 (titled 'Zwei Katzen').
(probably) Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Franz Marc Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, May 1936, no. 10 (titled ‘Zwei Katzen').
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Franz Marc – The Retrospective, September 2005 - January 2006, no. 56, p. 321 (illustrated p. 147).
Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Marc, Macke und Delaunay, Die Schönheit einer zerbrechenden Welt (1910-1914), March - July 2009, no. 144, p. 276 (illustrated p. 47).
Artist:Franz Marc (1880 - 1916)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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