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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 10, 2023 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Modern Art Day Sale | 373 | $****** - ****** | Bauer auf der Alp |
Works on Paper
38 x 50 cm (14.96 x 19.69 in)
Watercolor over black chalks
Signed in pencil in lower left, lower right once more signed in India ink, as well as dated "17". Titled "1 Bauer a. d. Alp 1919" on the reverse
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles. Alan Auslander Gallery, New York. Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, Munich. Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector"s stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired from the above in 1986).
Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Druckgraphik, Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, Munich, spring 1986, cat. no. 59 (with illu.). Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Das andere Ich. Porträts 1900-1950 (From the collections of of the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, and the Hermann Gerlinger Collection), Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), April 6 - June 15, 2003, cat. no. 133 (with illu.). Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, cat. no. 137 (with illu.). Kirchner im KirchnerHAUS. Originale aus Privatbesitz in seinem Geburtshaus, KirchnerHAUS Museum, Aschaffenburg, Ocotber 2 - December 20, 2015, cat. no. 41 (with illu.). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).
Parke-Bernet, New York, 2391. Auction of Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Drawings, December 8/9, 1965, lot 102 (with illu.). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 267, SHG no. 388 (with illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 345, SHG no. 775 (with illu.).
Bauer auf der Alp . 1917. Watercolor over black chalks. Signed in pencil in lower left, lower right once more signed in India ink, as well as dated "17". Titled "1 Bauer a. d. Alp 1919" on the reverse. On chalk-primed paper. 38 x 50 cm (14.9 x 19.6 in), the full sheet. With a sketch of a mountain slope with a hut and clouds on the reverse, around 1917, India ink drawing. [CH/EH]. • One of the earliest works from the Davos days: made during Kirchner"s first stay on the "Stafelalp" above Davos. • With the ink pen sketch for the atmospheric painting "Stafelalp bei Mondschein" (1919, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund) on the reverse. • Despite his poor health, Kirchner rendered an atmospheric drawing in strong colors. • After Kirchner had moved to the Davos mountains, the life of the local farmers would serve the artist as an important source of inspiration. • Appealing close-up image section . The work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.
