August Macke
Meschede 1887 – 1914 Perthes-lès-Hurlus
”Mann auf Bank”. 1913
Oil on cardboard. 56,1 × 51,1 cm. (22 ⅛ × 20 ⅛ in.) Signed and dated with brush in black on the reverse: A. Macke 1913. There too labels of the exhibitions Berlin 1934, Hanover 1935 and Amsterdam 1964 (see below) as well as labels of the Kunsthalle Basel and of Galerie Emil Richter, Dresden. Catalogue raisonné: Heiderich 525 / Vriesen 404. [3071] Frame: Spain, 17th century. Loan Dengg frame, Berli
ProvenanceEstate of the artist (1914–1957) / Private Collection, Southern Germany (1957 acquired, thence by descent to the present owner)
EUR 900.000 – 1.200.000
USD 978,000 – 1,300,000
There is a pencil study relating to the painting in the sketchbook 45 on p. 28. (Ursula Heiderich: August Macke. Die Skizzenbücher. Volume II Stuttgart, Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1987, p. 900/901).
ExhibitionAugust Macke. Bonn, Gesellschaft für Literatur und Kunst, Städtisches Museum Villa Obernier, 1918 / Gedächtnis-Ausstellung August Macke. Frankfurt a. M., Kunstverein; Wiesbaden, Neues Museum Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbadener Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, 1920, cat. no. 44 / Frühjahrsausstellung 1928. Berlin, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, 1928, cat. no. 25 / August Macke. Zur 20. Wiederkehr seines Todestages. Berlin, Galerie von der Heyde, 1934, cat. no. 23 / August Macke. Hamburg, Kunstverein, 1935 / August Macke. Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, 1935, cat. no. 37 / Der Blaue Reiter. Köln, Galerie Dr. Rusche, 1947, cat. no. 6 / August Macke Gedächtnisausstellung des Museumsvereins. Aachen, Suermondt-Museum, 1948, cat. no. 49 / August Macke. Duisburg, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, 1949, cat. no. 34 / August Macke Gedächtnisausstellung. Meschede, Landratsamt, 1951, cat. no. 21 / Het Expressionisme van van Gogh tot Picasso. Amsterdam, Stedelijkmuseum, 1964, cat. no. 80, w. ill.
To the accompanying essay by Susanne Schmid
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