Georg Tappert

Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (acquired in 1967)
Dr. Vance E. Kondon, La Jolla, California (by 1975)
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 16, 1990, lot 386
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Georg Tappert, 1963, no. 37, illustrated in the catalogue
La Jolla, Museum of Contemporary Art, Collection of Vance E. Kondon, M.D., 1975
Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum & San Diego, San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, Out of Sight, 1977
San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, Early 20th Century German Art from the Vance E. Kondon Collection, 1984
San Diego, San Diego Art Center, Georg Tappert, 1985

Gerhard Wietek, Georg Tappert 1880-1957, Ein Wegbereiter der Deutschen Moderne, Munich, 1980, no. 183, illustrated p. 186

The canvas is not lined. There are a few areas of retouching to the background, including a 4 by 2cm area to the lower left corner, a few small areas along the lower right edge, and a small area to the centre of the upper edge. These retouchings are visible under UV light. There is some very light frame rubbing to the edges, mainly to the lower and right edges. There are a few very fine scratches to the lower right corner. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue.
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Tappert's involvement with leading German artists, such as Nolde and Pechstein, and Expressionist groups like the Berlin Neue Sezession and Kandinsky's Blaue Reiter influenced his painting tremendously. In the present work, the daring use of colour and striking angularity of the subject create a superb Expressionist painting and perhaps the most successful of Tappert's oeuvre.