Lot 332
  • 332

Marianne Werefkin

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marianne Werefkin
  • Zwei Kinder vor Litfaßsäule "Grand Cirque" (Two children in front of a billboard for Grand Cirque)
  • tempera on paper laid down on board
  • image: 21.8 by 17.2cm., 8 5/8 by 6 3/4 in.
  • board: 22.5 by 17.5cm., 8 7/8 by 6 7/8 in.

Provenance

Wilhelm & Liese Schmidtbonn (a gift from the artist in the 1930s)
Thence by decent to the present owner

Condition

Tempera on paper, laid down on board; the board is stable. The right edge of the sheet has been torn from a book and there are some associated medium losses. UV examination reveals some fluorescence to the billboard (approx. 3 by 3cm.) relating to the pigment used. There are fine lines of stable craquelure in places to the billboard. There is a rich impasto to the young figures and this work is in overall very good condition.
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