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PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER | Birkenweg (Path with Birch Trees)

估價
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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描述

  • Paula Modersohn-Becker
  • Birkenweg (Path with Birch Trees)
  • signed with the initials P. M-B (lower left)
  • oil on board laid down on panel
  • 41 by 55.5cm., 16 1/8 by 21 7/8 in.
  • Painted circa 1899.

來源

Sale: Kunstkabinett R.N. Ketterer, Stuttgart, 3rd May 1961, lot 311
Axel Springer, Berlin (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999

展覽

Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1952, no. 10
Bremen, Kunsthalle, Paula Modersohn-Becker: die Landschaften, 1982-83, no. 9, illustrated in the catalogue

出版

Günter Busch, Milena Schicketanz & Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Munich, 1998, vol. II, no. 42, illustrated p. 47

Condition

Oil on cardboard laid down on board which is in turn laid down on panel; the panel is sound. There are pinholes at the upper left and lower right corners, as well as to the centre of the upper edge. Examination under UV light reveals a thin line of retouching approx. 6cm long towards the right part of the lower edge. There is a small tear within the cardboard surface in the lower right quadrant and there is some minor loss to the surface of the cardboard at the upper right corner. Overall this work is in good condition.
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