Schwarzwaldtannen (Beerenpflückerinnen). 1884.
Oil on paper , laid on panel.
Monogrammed and dated in lower right. 112 x 87.5 cm (44 x 34.4 in).
- Typical Black Forest motif by the Karlsruhe artist, with notable provenance.
The painting is registered in the Hans-Thoma-Archive at Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. We are grateful to Dr. Alexander Eiling for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Presumably collection Dr. Max Linde, Lübeck (according to Henry Thode 1909: "Schwarzwaldwiese" no illu.).
Presumably collection Siegfried Buchenau, Lübeck/ Herrenhaus Niendorf.
Collection Anna Buchenau, Lübeck (1939, widow of aforementioned, presumably inherited in 1932)
Galerie Dr. Fritz Nathan and Dr. Peter Nathan, Zürich (the earliest in the late 1950s; verso with label and the number "C-1182").
Private collection Northern Germany (since 1981/82).
EXHIBITION: Gedächtnisausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag von Hans Thoma, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, July 2 - August 21, 1939, cat. no. 138, p. 43 (with the title "Wald mit Beerenleserinnen" illu. the archive of Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, loan from Anna Buchenau).