

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Macke was strongly inspired by Robert Delaunay and the tenets of Cubism, as is reflected in the simplified angular forms which make up the composition of the present work Frau mit kind und Mädchen auf der Strasse (Woman with Child and Girls on the Street). The two groupings of female figures are arranged here in overlapping layers, whilst the street is deftly articulated and framed through the emphasised verticals of the trees that meet with the horizontal counterweight of the pavement. An impressive combination of complex spatial construction and expressive application of medium, the overall sense is one of time as both fleeting and eternal.