OSKAR SCHLEMMER | Baumstudie (Tree Study)

Carl Schlemmer, Pullach (the artist's brother)
Galerie Khlim, Munich
Karl Ströher, Darmstadt (acquired from the above in 1954)
Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher, Switzerland (by descent from the above in 1977) 
Thence by descent to the present owner in 2016

Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Aus der Sammlung Ströher, 1963, no. 60-65
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Sammlung Karl Ströher, 2, 1965-66, no. 131, illustrated in the catalogue

Oskar Schlemmer, Briefe und Tagebücher, Munich, 1958, p. 336
Karin von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer, Œuvrekatalog der Gemälde, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Plastiken, Munich, 1979, no. A523/5, illustrated p. 330

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in two places on the upper edge, and floating in the window-mount. The sheet is slightly time-stained and the upper edge is serrated due the sheet having been taken from a sketchbook. The sheet is slightly undulated in places, and there is a small, 1cm-long, barely visible repaired tear to the left part of the lower edge. There is some minor wear to the extreme left edge. This work is in overall good condition.
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