Franz Marc
Munich 1880 – 1916 Verdun
”Blaue Kuh”. 1913/14
Tempera on paper. 16,2 × 15,6 cm. (6 ⅜ × 6 ⅛ in.) On the reverse by the artist's widow inscribed in pencil: Nachlass Franz Marc bestätigt Maria Marc Blaue Kuh 1913. Catalogue raisonné: Hoberg vol. III, sketchbooks, p. 265 / Lankheit 666. [3387] Framed
ProvenanceMaria Marc, Ried / Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich, Marc-estate, no. 209 / Gustav Stein, Düsseldorf (1956) / Wolfgang Wittrock art dealership, Dusseldorf / Private Collection, Germany (acquired circa 1984 at Wolfgang Wittrock art dealership)
EUR 700.000 – 900.000
USD 761,000 – 978,000
ExhibitionFranz Marc. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik. Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, 1927, cat. no. 17 / Ausstellung. Zürich, Kunsthaus, 1935, cat. no. 149 / Ausstellung. Basel, Kunstmuseum, 1935 (without cat.) / Franz Marc Gedächtnisausstellung. Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1936, cat. no. 106 / Kandinsky and his Friends. Centenary Exhibition. London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1966, cat. no. 97, w. ill. (Kuh) / Der Blaue Reiter und sein Kreis. New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, 1977, cat. no. 54, ill. p. 24 / Franz Marc 1880–1916. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik. Düsseldorf, Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, 1984, cat. no. 53, ill. p. 44
Literature and IllustrationAuction catalogue: Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, Nov. 1981, no. 340, ill. p. 41
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