Lot 400
  • 400

Christian Schad

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Christian Schad
  • Porträt eines Jungen (Portrait of a boy)
  • signed Schad (upper right)
  • oil on canvas laid down on board
  • 29 by 23.5cm., 11 1/4 by 9 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1980

Exhibited

Geneva, Atelier Christian Schad, Peintures et Gravures, 1917, no. 14
Geneva, Société Mutuelle Artistique, Elisabeth Epstein et Christian Schad, 1918
Essen, Galerie Neher, Christian Schad. Blickpunkte, Gesichter, Landschaften, 1982, no. 2
Wedel, Ernst Barlach Museum, Christian Schad. Werkschau. Ölbilder, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, 1999
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee & Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Christian Schad. Vom Expressionismus zum Magischen Realismus. Ölbilder, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Schadographien, 1999-2000
Erfurt, Kunsthalle, Christian Schad. Die Magie des Realen. Ölbilder, Zeichnungen, Schadographien, 2000-2001

Literature

Günter A. Richter, Monographie Christian Schad, Bonn, 2002, no. 14, illustrated in colour p. 55
Thomas Ratzka, Christian Schad 1894-1982. Catalogue Raisonné in four volumes, vol. I, Cologne, 2008, no. 20, illustrated in colour p. 79

Condition

The board is stable. Examination under UV light reveals scattered small spots of retouchings, predominantly along the right and lower edges as well as to the upper left corner. There is a small scuff close to the lower right corner. This work is in overall good condition.
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