Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1890-1960

Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1890-1960

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PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

Alfred Wickenburg

Der blaue Krug (The Blue Pitcher)

Lot Closed

March 5, 03:16 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

Alfred Wickenburg

1885 - 1978


Der blaue Krug (The Blue Pitcher)

oil on canvas

30 ¼ by 25 in.

76.8 by 63.5 cm.

Executed in 1923.

Erika Kastner Foundation (acquired by 1955, likely from the artist)

Acquired as a gift from the above in 1955 by the present owner

Christian Huemer, Agnes Husslein-Arco, Stella Rollig, eds., Alfred Wickenburg: Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Vienna 2018, no. 50, illustrated

Graz, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Ausstellung der Sezession Graz, 1924

Linz, Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum, Prof. Alfred Wickenburg, Prof. Rudolf Szykowitz, Prof. Fritz Silberbauer, Graz. Ölgemälde, Sonderausstellung, 1954, no. 2, illustrated

Graz, Künstlerhaus, Alfred Wickenburg, 1955