ALFRED KUBIN | Authentische Ansicht von Perle, der Haupt- und Residenzstadt des Traumreichs (Authentic View of Perle, the Capital and Residenzstadt of the Dreamland)

Maximilian (Max) & Hertha Morgenstern, Vienna (acquired directly from the artist)
Dr. Kurt Otte, Hamburg (acquired from the above in June 1938)
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (acquired from the above in 1971)
Restituted by the above to the heirs of Max & Hertha Morgenstern in 2019

Vienna, Albertina Wien, Alfred Kubin, Handzeichnungen, Aquarelle und druckgraphische Arbeiten, 1937, no. 78
New York, Neue Galerie, Alfred Kubin: 1897-1909, 2008-09, no. 93, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (as dating from 1908)

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge and floating in its mount. The sheet is time-stained, and is lighter along the upper right and lower edges, consistent with a former window mount. The right and upper edges are deckled. There are small spots of foxing to the background along the lower edge and in the upper right quadrant. This work is in overall good condition.
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This work is recorded in the Kubin Archiv at the Lenbachhaus, Munich under no. 592.