Lot 169
  • 169

Franz Marc

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Franz Marc
  • KLEINE AKTSKIZZE I (SITZENDER FRAUENAKT VON RÜCKWÄRTS GESEHEN) (LITTLE NUDE SKETCH I, SEATED FEMALE NUDE, BACK VIEW)
  • abundantly inscribed by another hand (along the lower edge); stamped with the Nachlass mark on the reverse

  • wax crayon and pencil on paper

  • 22.3 by 14cm., 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984

Exhibited

Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Franz Marc 1880-1916, 1980, no. 90, illustrated in the catalogue
Berlin, Brücke-Museum, Franz Marc, 1989
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Franz Marc, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 1989-90

Literature

Alois J. Schardt, Franz Marc, Berlin, 1936, no. III-1910-11
Klaus Lankheit, Franz Marc, Katalog der Werke, Cologne, 1970, no. 524
Magdalena M. Moeller, Franz Marc, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Stuttgart, 1989, no. 35, illustrated n.p.

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, hinged to the top two cornes, floating in the mount. The left edge is uneven and there is a minor tear to the lower right edge. There are two flattened creases running horizontally across the centre of the sheet and a flattened crease to the upper left corner. Apart from some handling marks to the upper corners and some light undulations mainly to the upper area due to the laying process, this work is in good condition. Colours: the paper tone is slightly warmer in the original.
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