August Macke

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Description

August Macke
FRAU MIT KIND UND MÄDCHEN AUF DER STRASSE (WOMAN WITH CHILD AND GIRLS ON A ROAD)
signed Aug. Macke and dated 1913 (lower right)
charcoal on paper
32.7 by 27cm., 12 7/8 by 10 5/8 in.

Provenance

Rudolf Probst, Mannheim
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1955

Exhibited

Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte; Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum & Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, August Macke, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 1986-87, no. 339, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Ursula Heiderich, August Macke, Zeichnungen Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart, 1993, no. 1836, illustrated p. 519

Catalogue Note

Frau mit Kind und Mädchen auf der Strasse, executed in 1913, is a wonderful example of August Macke's work produced during the pre-war years, evoking a world of modern paradise in the depiction of parks, zoos or waterside promenades. As a member of the Blaue Reiter group, Macke was the only artist to paint modern-life subjects. He was strongly inspired by Delaunay and the tenets of Cubism as is impressively reflected in the present work depicting a scene in a park. Frau mit Kind und Mädchen auf der Strasse is a beautiful and quintessential example of Macke's œuvre during his most significant years of creation.