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Arnold Topp
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Description
- Arnold Topp
- DER ROTE BETER (THE RED PRAYER)
- signed A. Topp and dated 18 (lower right)
- oil on board laid down on canvas
- 75 by 99cm., 29 1/2 by 39in.
Provenance
Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin (acquired in 1918)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 4th December 1968, lot 206
Private Collection, London (purchased at the above sale)
Sale: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 29th May-4th June 1972, lot 1561
Acquired by the present owner in 1997
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Der Sturm, 63. Ausstellung Galerie Der Sturm, 1918, no. 86
Berlin, Galerie Der Sturm, 100. Ausstellung Galerie Der Sturm, (The Tenth Anniversary of Galerie Der Sturm), 1921, no. 101
Berlin, Galerie Der Sturm, 100. Ausstellung Galerie Der Sturm, (The Tenth Anniversary of Galerie Der Sturm), 1921, no. 101
Catalogue Note
Arnold Topp was the first German Expressionist artist whose work was purchased by Katherine Dreier for her Collection Societé Anonyme. His paintings were shown in the infamous 'Degenerate Art' exhibition held in Munich in 1937.