Asta: 517 / Modern Art II del 18 giugno 2021 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 127

 

127
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zirkusszene, 1926.
Pastel and pencil
Stima:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Risultato:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

( commissione inclusa)
Zirkusszene. 1926.
Pastel and pencil.
From Presler Skb 110. On the reverse inscribed "Von Erna Kirchner erworben Lise Gujer" (acquired from Erna Kirchner) by Lise Gujer. On creme wove paper. 21.2 x 17 cm (8.3 x 6.6 in), size of sheet.
The sheet coms from the sketchbook 110 (see Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Die Skizzenbücher - Ekstase des ersten Sehens, Weingarten 1996, p. 304). [CH].
• Brightly colored, dynamic circus scene from Kirchner's sketchbook, which he carried with him on his trip through Germany in 1925/26.
• Best possible provenance: From the collection of Lise Gujer, Swiss textile artist and Kirchner's close friend (1893-1967).
• Circus, dance, theater and cabaret play a major role in Kirchner's entire expressionist oeuvre
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We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Erna Kirchner, Davos.
Lise Gujer, Davos (acquired from the above).
Private collection.




127
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zirkusszene, 1926.
Pastel and pencil
Stima:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Risultato:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

( commissione inclusa)