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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 9, 2023 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Modern Art Day Sale | 439 | Estimates not disclosed | Kuh und Treiber |
Works on Paper
39.2 x 50 cm (15.43 x 19.69 in)
Watercolor and black chalks
Lower right signed. Dated and titled on the reverse
Collection of Mrs. Max M. Stern, New York. Private collection Germany (acquired in 1980). Galerie Thomas, München. Galerie von Vertes, Zürich. Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above).
E. L. Kirchner. Paintings and Works on Paper, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, April 5 - 30, 1983, cat. no. 11 (fig.).
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 1969, lot 24 b (fig.). Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 1970, lot 18.
Kuh und Treiber . 1919. Watercolor and black chalks. Lower right signed. Dated and titled on the reverse. On smooth, light cardboard. 39.2 x 50 cm (15.4 x 19.6 in), the full sheet. [CH]. • Radiant watercolor from the sought-after Swiss period. • Outstanding graphic expressiveness. • Expressive, portrait-like depiction of a Davos shepherd in front of an atmospheric mountain panorama in soft colors. • Through Kirchner"s stays on the "Stafelalp" (1917-1919), the artist became acquainted with the hard, simple mountain farming life, which was so different from his previous life in the big city, and that would fascinate him until the end of his life. • As a physically and mentally ailing marked man, Kirchner elevates the broad-shouldered shepherd to the heroic protagonist of his drawing and gives him great physical presence and vitality through the self-confident posture, the courageous, strong coloring and the close-up image detail. • The great expressionist"s virtuosity becomes particularly obvious in Kirchner"s spontaneously created watercolors . The present work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.
