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Max Liebermann

1847 – Berlin – 1935

”Portrait des Friedrich (Fritz) Gurlitt”. Circa 1892

Charcoal, partially with brush heightened with white, on brownish paper. 40,4 × 30,9 cm (15 ⅞ × 12 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Max Liebermann. ”Portrait des Friedrich (Fritz) Gurlitt”. Circa 1892.

Estimate:

EUR 7,000

 

- 9,000

USD 7,530

 

- 9,680

Sold for:

8,890 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Summer 2024

Modern Art, Friday, 31.05.2024

Information

Charcoal, partially with brush heightened with white, on brownish paper. 40,4 × 30,9 cm (15 ⅞ × 12 ⅛ in.). Signed in pencil lower left: MLiebermann. Inscribed lower right by Wolfgang Gurlitt, the son of the subject: Bildnis Fritz Gurlitt, um 1892.

We would like to thank Margreet Nouwen, Berlin, for kindly confirming the authenticity of the drawing.

Formerly Private Collection Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin

Max Liebermann. Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, 1947, ill. p. 11 / Max Liebermann. Ausstellung der Bezirksämter Reinickendorf and Tempelhof, Berlin, 1959, cat. no. 66, ill. / Max Liebermann in seiner Zeit. Berlin, Nationalgalerie; Munich, Haus der Kunst, 1979/80, cat. no. 257, p. 527

Hans Peter Thurn: Der Kunsthändler. Wandlungen eines Berufes. Munich, Hirmer, 1994, ill. 43, p. 120 / Nicolaas Teeuwisse: Vom Salon zur Sezession. Berliner Kunstleben zwischen Tradition und Aufbruch zur Moderne 1871, Jahresgabe des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 1986, ill. 41. p. 105

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