Albert Birkle
1900 - 1986
SELBSTBILDNIS MIT DER FRISIERHAUBE (SELF-PORTRAIT WITH HAIRNET)
signed A. Birkle and dated 23 (lower right); signed twice, inscribed Treptow and Der schwäbische Kerle / in den bayrischen Bergen / (mit der Frisierhaube) on the reverse
oil on board
45 by 36.1cm., 17 5/8 by 14 1/4 in.
Painted in 1923.
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We would like to thank Roswita and Victor Pontzen, Archive Albert Birkle, Salzburg, for their assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
Neue Münchner Galerie (Richard Hiepe), Munich (acquired from the artist in 1977)
Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1978)
Sale: Ketterer, Munich, 14th May 2004, lot 200
Private Collection, Germany (purchased at the above sale)
Sale: Ketterer, Munich, 19th June 2009, lot 267
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner