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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 8, 2022 | Karl & Faber | Munich | Modern Art | Evening Sale | 736 | Estimates not disclosed | Portrait of the surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951) - Study |
paintings
75.5 x 60 cm (29.72 x 23.62 in)
Oil on canvas.
With the signature stamp used by the artist"s estate lower left (Lugt 4763). Inscribed “42” on the reverse of the canvas
Atelier Max Liebermann, Berlin;
Estate of the artist, Martha Liebermann (1857-1943), Berlin, from 1935, with the estate stamp (Lugt 4763);
probably stored at the Bruno Cassirer publishing house, Berlin, on behalf of Martha Liebermann around 1938, where it was probably confiscated by the National Socialists and then auctioned off;
Whereabouts unknown until 1990;
Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf (1990, 1992);
Private collection, Berlin (1992-1993);
Kunstkreis Berlin GbR, acquired from the aforementioned in October 1993.
The current owner of the painting has decided to come to an agreement with the Liebermann estate, in keeping with the spirit of the Washington Accords. Following the contractual agreement, the work is now exempt from any claims for restitution.
Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf Herbst 1990, Lagerkatalog 58, mit farb. Abb. S. 67;
Liebermann, La Malmaison, Cannes 1996, mit farb. Abb. S. 32;
Liebermann, Cranach-Galerie, Lutherstadt Wittenberg 1996, mit farb. Abb. S. 32;
Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Werner KG, Berlin 1997;
Max Liebermann in Wannsee, Galerie Mutter Fourage, Berlin 1997, mit farb. Abb.;
Max Liebermann. Stationen eines Malerlebens, OpeIvillen, Rüsselsheim 1999, mit farb. Abb. S. 55;
Max Liebermann, Orangerie des Georgiums, Dessau 2000, mit farb. Abb. S. 30;
Licht, Phantasie und Charakter - Max Liebermann, Schloss Wernigerode 2001, mit Abb. S. 41;
Im Streit um die Moderne - Max Liebermann, der Kaiser, die Nationalgalerie, Liebermann-Haus am Pariser Platz, Berlin 2001/02, mit farb. Abb. S. 89;
Max Liebermann 1847-1935: “Ich bin doch nur ein Maler”, Jüdisches Museum, Rendsburg 2002/03, mit farb. Abb. S. 35;
Max Liebermann: Poesie des einfachen Lebens, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall/ Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal 2003/04, mit farb. Abb. S. 147, verso auf dem Keilrahmen mit dem Etikett;
The Era of Passion, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonbuk/Südkorea, 2014/15, mit farb. Abb. S. 91.
Max Liebermann
1847 - Berlin - 1935
Portrait of the surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951) - Study
Oil on canvas. (1932). Ca. 75.5 x 60 cm. With the signature stamp used by the artist"s estate lower left (Lugt 4763). Inscribed “42” on the reverse of the canvas.
• One of the last portraits painted by the accomplished portraitist Max Liebermann
• Expressive, unique study for the portrait in the Hamburger Kunsthalle
• Ferdinand Sauerbruch was one of the most important surgeons of the 20th century
