AUGUST MACKE | STUDIE ZU HELLEM SCHAUFENSTER (STUDY FOR BRIGHT SHOP WINDOW)
Estimate:
600,000 - 800,000 GBP
THE EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE: A PRIVATE FAMILY COLLECTION
AUGUST MACKE
1887 - 1914
STUDIE ZU HELLEM SCHAUFENSTER (STUDY FOR BRIGHT SHOP WINDOW)
oil on canvas
63 by 43cm.; 24¾ by 17in.
Painted in Bonn in 1913.
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Ilse Erdmann, Laubach (the artist's wife’s sister-in-law; acquired by 1919)
Professor Dr Friedrich & Kathe [Erdmann] Brie, Freiburg (acquired by 1924; probably by descent from the above)
Jutta Braun, Freiburg (acquired by 1952; probably by descent from the above)
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Kurt Forberg, Düsseldorf (acquired by 1957)
Sale: Christie’s, London, 9th October 1997, lot 199
Purchased at the above sale
G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1953, no. 416
G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 416, illustrated p. 331
U. Heiderich, August Macke, Gemälde, Werkverzeichnis, Ostfildern, 2008, no. 486, illustrated p. 469
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorfer Kaufleute sammeln Moderne Kunst, 1956, no. 186, illustrated in the catalogue
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, August Macke, 1962, no. 129
Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Torso - das Unvollendete als künstlerische Form, 1964, no. 227
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Kandinsky and his Friends, 1966-67, no. 93
Hamburg, Kunstverein & Frankfurt, Kunstverein, August Macke, 1968-69, no. 78, illustrated in the catalogue
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Sammlung Forberg, 1970, illustrated in colour in the catalogue