Sale 6379
| New York
| New York
Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Provenance:
Tille Modersohn.
Graphisches Kabinett, Kunsthandlung Ursula Voigt, Bremen, 1968.
Acquired directly from the above by the family of the present owner in 1968.
Exhibited:
"Paula Modersohn-Becker, "Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, May-June 1947, no. 231.
"Paula Modersohn-Becker," The Hague Municipal Museum, The Hague, March 14 - May 4, 1952, no. 121b.
"Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876-1907: Memorial Exhibition on the 50th Anniversary of the Artist's Death," Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, 1957-1958, no. 234.
"Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Oeuvreverzeichnis der Graphik," Kunsthandlung Ursula Voigt, Bremen, September 29 - November 23, 1968, no. 22 (illustrated on the cover).
Literature:
Günter Busch, Liselotte von Reinken, & Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-In Letters and Diaries, hg. von Wolfgang Werner, Frankfurt am Main, 1979, p. 209 (illustrated).
Günter Busch, Liselotte von Reinken, & Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-In Letters and Diaries (Second Edition), Evanston, New York, 1983, p. 175 (illustrated).
Anne Röver-Kann & Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker. Werkverzeichnis der Handzeichnungen, Vol I, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2023, no. E III/38, p. 195 (illustrated).
Framed: 13 x 11 x 1 in.
The drawing is in good overall condition. The paper is taped to the mat in two places at the top verso. The paper is toned and there is some evidence of mat staining (only when the mat is lifted up). A few tiny pinholes are evident at the corners and there is a very minor stain at top right, outside of the drawn margins and near the top outer edge. There is a pinpoint spot of foxing at bottom left, just above the horizontal line. Very light rubbing at center, to the left of the woman's profile just above the horizon line. A soft handling crease runs diagonally across the width of the paper at center (mostly visible verso, under raking light). There is evidence of previous adhesive and a few light surface scratches verso. Additional images available upon request.
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