Lot 145
  • 145

ALFRED KUBIN | Männlicher Arm mit weiblichem Akt (Male Arm with Female Nude)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alfred Kubin
  • Männlicher Arm mit weiblichem Akt (Male Arm with Female Nude)
  • signed A Kubin (lower right)
  • pen and brush and ink on paper
  • 15.6 by 31.6cm., 6 1/8 by 12 3/4 in.
  • Executed circa 1898.

Provenance

Kunsthandel Wienerroither & Kohlbacher, Vienna
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005

Literature

Wolfgang Gerke, Der falsch abdiskontierte Tote. Mit ausgewählten Abbildungen von Alfred Kubin, Passau, 1981, n.n., illustrated p. 68

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper and not laid down. The left edge is unevenly cut and has some minor nicks. The sheet is time-stained and there are some spots of foxing predominantly to the background of the sheet. There are a number of pieces of tape adhered to the verso from former mounting which are not visible on the recto. This work is in overall good condition.
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