FRITZ BURMANN | Frau Biene aus Worpswede, 87 Jahre alt (Mrs Biene from Worpswede, 87 Years Old)

Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin
Marvin & Janet Fishman, Milwaukee (acquired from the above; sale: Sotheby's, London, The Marvin and Janet Fishman Collection, 18th October 2000, lot 87)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Neue Sachlichkeit: Deutsche Malerei seit dem Expressionismus, 1925, no. 11 (titled Die Arme and as dating from 1924)
Berlin, Deutsche Kunstgemeinschaft, Schloss Berlin, Ostpreussenkunst, 1927, no. 20, illustrated in the catalogue
Patrick & Beatrice Haggerty, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Marquette University, A Focus on Images: Sense and Form, 1984-85, n.n.
Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Museum, Reactions to the War: European Art, 1914-25, 1986, no. 7 (titled Old Woman)
Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Stationen der Moderne: Die bedeutenden Kunstausstellungen des 20. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland, 1888-89, no. 11, illustrated in the catalogue n.p. (titled Alte Frau and as dating from 1925)
Milwaukee, Art Museum; Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur; Frankfurt-am-Main, Schirn Kunsthalle; Emden, Kunsthalle, Stiftung Henri Nannen; New York, The Jewish Museum; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum & Atlanta, The High Museum, The Marvin and Janet Fishman Collection: Art in Germany 1909-36, From Expressionism to Resistance, 1990-92, no. 21
Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Neue Sachlichkeit - Figurative Malerei der 20er Jahre, 1994-95, n.n., illustrated in colour in the catalogue
The Hague, Museum Paleis Lange Voorhut; Stockholm Liljevalchs Konsthall; Helsinki, Helsingin Taidehalli and Brusells, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Art et Résistance, Les peintres Allemandes de l'entre-deux-guerres - La Collection Marvin et Janet Fishman, 1995-96, no. 18 

James Auer, 'Strong Impressions', in The Milwaukee Journal, 19th April 1992, illustrated p. 17
Carmen Runonen, Lansi-Savo, 21st February 1996, illustrated p. 8
Marja-Tettur Kivirinta, Helsingen Sanomat, Helsinki, 1996, illustrated in colour p. B3

The canvas is not lined. There are scattered pinholes to the upper edge and to the top part of the right and left edges. Examination under UV light reveals some spots of retouching to the background above the figure's head, the largest of which is approx. 2cm long and appears to correspond to a small repaired tear within the canvas surface. There are some further spots of retouching to the green pigment of the woman's dress and to the extreme upper and right edges. There are stretcher bar marks visible, primarily across the upper and lower parts of the composition. The work has some minor stable craquelure and some minor pigment shrinkage visible in places, and there are some tiny flecks of pigment loss to the lower edge. This work is in overall good condition.
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