LOT DETAILS

Materials:

wax crayon on paper

Measurements:

8.07 in. (20.50 cm.) (height) by 6.30 in. (16.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with the Nachlass stamp (L.1775b; on the reverse and on the mount)

Exhibited:

Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, August Macke 1887-1914, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, December 1976 - January 1977, no. 131; this exhibition later travelled to Bonn, Städtisches Kunstmuseum and Krefeld, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum.

Literature:

U. Heiderich, August Macke, Zeichnungen, Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart, 1993, no. 1753 (illustrated p. 499).

Provenance:

The artist's studio (no. 142). Anonymous sale, Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 4-5 June 1970, lot 780. Private collection, Germany, and thence by descent to the present owner.