Lot 238
  • 238

August Macke

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • August Macke
  • KLAGENDE (GRIEVING WOMAN)
  • stamped twice with the Nachlass mark on the reverse
  • charcoal and wash on paper
  • 26.8 by 31.8cm., 10 1/2 by 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

Wolfgang Macke, Berlin (the artist's son)
Paul Beck, Stuttgart (acquired from the above)
Beck Collection, Stuttgart (by descent from the above; sale: Sotheby's, London, 9th October 2002, lot 110)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte & Bonn, Kunstmuseum, August Macke und die frühe Moderne in Europa, 2001-02, no. 87, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Ursula Heiderich, August Macke, Zeichnungen, Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart, 1993, no. 1309, illustrated p. 439

Condition

Exceuted on white wove paper not laid down, held in the mount at all four corners. There is a 1cm. tear to the lower left edge and a 0.5cm tear to its left. There is a slight nick to the extreme right centre edge and a flattened crease across the top right corner, visible in the catalogue. Apart from some slight crumpling to the lower left corner this work is in good condtion. Colours: The charcoal is darker in the original.
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