ID 1306181
Lot 239 | PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (1876-1907)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
Mutter und Kind
oil on board
28 3/8 x 21 ¼ in. (72 x 54 cm.)
Painted circa 1904
Provenance
Otto Modersohn [the artist's husband], by descent from the artist in 1907.
Graphisches Kabinett, Bremen, by 1921.
Theodor Kottmeier, Bremen, by 1923.
Manfred Hausmann collection, Bremen, by 1947 and until at least 1976.
Fishman collection, Milwaukee, by 1989.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Munich, 7 June 1989, lot 12.
Private collection, Monte Carlo, by 1990.
Anonymous sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 23 November 1990, lot 7.
Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired in the 1990s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
G. Pauli, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Leipzig, 1922, no. 149c, p. 67.
S.D. Gallwitz, Dreissig Jahre Worpswede, Künstler, Geist, Werden, Bremen, 1922, p. 118 (illustrated).
M. Hausmann, Meisterbilder Paula Modersohn-Becker, Biberach, 1947 (illustrated pl. VI).
C.G. Heise, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Stuttgart, 1961, p. 11 (illustrated pl. 9; dated 'circa 1904-1905’).
Kaufmann, Die alten Worpsweder Meister, Worpswede, 1963, p. 53 (illustrated).
C. Murken-Altrogge, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1980, no. 63, pp. 77 & 122 (illustrated p. 77).
W. Augustiny, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Fischerhude, 1986, p. 41 (illustrated).
Herbst 1994, exh. cat., Galerie Klauspeter Westenhoff, Hamburg, 1994, p. 100 (illustrated p. 101).
G. Busch, M. Schicketanz & W. Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. II, Munich, 1998, no. 463, p. 324 (illustrated p. 325).
Exhibited
Bremen, Kunsthalle, Gedächtnis-Ausstellung Paula Modersohn-Becker, April - May 1920, no. 723.
Bremen, Graphisches Kabinett, Paula Modersohn-Becker, April – May 1921, no cat.
Bremen, Kunsthalle, Paula Modersohn-Becker, May – June 1947, no. 33.
Bremen, Kunsthalle, Paula Modersohn-Becker zum hundertsten Geburtstag, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik, February – April 1976, no. 111 (illustrated).
Essen, Galerie Neher, Klassische Moderne, 1991, p. 18 (illustrated p. 19).
| Artist: | Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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