LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache and watercolor on paper

Size Notes:

15? by 13 in.

Edition:

Executed circa 1919.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Campendonk (lower right)

Condition:

Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is hinged at one place along the top edge verso to a mat. Moderate studio staining along the edges. There are remnants of a prior adhesive along the left and right borders, not visible when framed. The right and bottom edges are slightly deckled. Under very close inspection, some pindot spots of foxing are visible in the lower right quadrant in the brown pigments of the floor and in the upper center, in the red pigments of the background. This work is in very good condition. Framed: 17¾ by 15¼ in. (45.1 by 38.7 cm.)

Literature:

Walter Schürmeyer, Heinrich Campendonk, Frankfurt, 1920, n.n., illustrated Andrea Firmenich, Heinrich Campendonk 1889-1957. Leben und expressionistisches Werk, Recklinghausen, 1989, no. 798, illustrated (with incorrect medium)

Provenance:

Walter Schürmeyer, Germany (acquired from the artist) Private Collection, Germany (by descent from the above) Christie's London, 26 June 2003, lot 402 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner