Lot 211
  • 211

HEINRICH CAMPENDONK | Pferde auf der Weide (Horses in the pasture)

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Heinrich Campendonk
  • Pferde auf der Weide (Horses in the pasture)
  • monogramed C and dated 11 (lower right)
  • gouache on paper
  • 34,7 x 51,2 cm; 13 5/8 x 20 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1911.

Provenance

Ernest van den Bosch (his sale: Antwerp, Galeries Breckpot, December 21, 1936, lot 219)
Oscar Mairlot, Brussels (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Andrea Firmenich, Heinrich Campendonk. Leben und expressionistisches Werk, mit Werkkatalog des malerischen Œuvres, Recklinghausen, 1989, no. 119, illustrated np

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on cardboard. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. There are pinholes at all four corners. There is a repaired tear (approx. 1.5 cm long) towards the centre of the upper edge. There is a vertical crease running to the centre of the composition and a few minor creases in places. The sheet is light stained. This work is in overall good condition.
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