ID 717876
Lot 446 | GEORG TAPPERT (1880-1957)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
Café
signed 'Tappert' (lower left); signed 'TAPPERT' (on the reverse)
oil on burlap
25 1⁄4 x 23 5⁄8 in. (64 x 60.8 cm.)
Painted in 1917
Provenance
The artist's estate.
With Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above, by October 1963.
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, by April 1964.
Probably acquired from the above by the grandparents of the present owner.
Literature
'Art Galleries: Unfashionable Pictures; Work of George Tooker at Durlacher's', in The New York Times, 2 May 1964, p. 24 (titled 'Café Bourgeois' and dated '1918').
G. Wietek, Georg Tappert, 1887-1957, Ein Wegbereiter der Deutschen Moderne, Munich, 1980, no. 172, p. 185 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kassel, Kunstverein, Berliner Ku¨nstler Georg Tappert, Geda¨chtnis-Ausstellung, Gema¨lde der Jahre 1906-1932 ; Rene´e Sintenis, Plastik und Zeichnungen ; Graf v. Luckner, Bildnisse und Gouachen, May - June 1959, no. 28 (with incorrect dimensions).
Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Georg Tappert, October 1963 - January 1964, no. 39, p. 17 (illustrated; dated '1919').
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Georg Tappert, April - May 1964, no. 22 (illustrated; titled 'Café Bourgeois' and dated '1918').
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
| Artist: | Georg Tappert (1880 - 1957) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Artist: | Georg Tappert (1880 - 1957) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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