August Macke
Meschede 1887 – 1914 Perthes-lès-Hurlus
”Bildnisstudie Bernhard Koehler”. 1913
Gouache over pencil on cardboard. 31 × 25 cm. (12 ¼ × 9 ⅞ in.) On the enclosed former cardboard backing with the estate stamp Lugt 1775b. There too inscribed by Wolfgang Macke in pen in blue: AUGUST MACKE / BILDNISSTUDIE BERNHARD KOEHLER / 1913 / (OEL AUF PAPIER) / (V. 448). Catalogue raisonné: Heiderich G 514. On the reverse: two acts, flowers, cat. Oil on cardboard (image trimmed). Minimal paint loss. Small losses to the lower left corner. [3001] Framed
ProvenanceCollection Adalbert and Thilda Colsman, Langenberg (1957 at Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne, acquired, thence by descent to the present owner)
EUR 40.000 – 60.000
USD 44,400 – 66,700
Sold for:
65,000 EUR (incl. premium)
Literature and IllustrationGustav Vriesen: August Macke. Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1953, cat. no. 448; 2., considerably extended edition, 1957, cat. no. 448, ill. p. 333
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