ID 1164135
Lot 237 | OTTO FREUNDLICH (1878-1943)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Kopf (Selbstbildnis)
signed and dated 'Otto Freundlich. 1923' (lower left)
gouache on paper
28 5⁄8 x 23 1⁄8 in. (72.6 x 58.7 cm.)
Executed in 1923
Provenance
Édouard Roditi, Paris & New York, by 1958.
Private collection, North Germany, by the late 1960s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
E. Roditi, 'The Art of Otto Freundlich', in Arts, vol. 7, New York, April 1958, pp. 26 & 28 (illustrated p. 26).
J. Heusinger von Waldegg, Otto Freundlich, 1878-1943: Monographie mit Dokumentation und Werkverzeichnis, Cologne, 1978, no. 131, p. 87 (illustrated fig. 57, p. 125).
J. Friedrich, ed., Otto Freundlich, Kosmischer Kommunismus, exh. cat., Museum Ludwig & Kunstmuseum Basel, Munich, 2017, p. 339 (illustrated pp. 133, 399).
Otto Freundlich, 1878-1943, La révélation de l'abstraction, exh. cat., Musée Montmartre, Paris, 2020, p. 18 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Otto Freundlich, 1878-1943, Gemälde, Graphik, Skulpturen, May - July 1960, no. 9, n.p..
| Artist: | Otto Freundlich (1878 - 1943) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Otto Freundlich (1878 - 1943) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Expressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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