Alfred Kubin* (Leitmeritz 1877 - 1959 Zwickledt) (Leitmeritz 1877 ...

Alfred Kubin*

(Leitmeritz 1877 - 1959 Zwickledt)

„Die Arbeit“
1901/03
ink pen, wash, spray technique on cadastre paper; framed
32.5 x 40.8 cm (sheet size)
signed on the lower left in the depiction: A. Kubin
inscribed by the hand of the artist on the lower right: 19. Die Arbeit A. Kubin
inscribed by the hand of the artist in India ink on the upper right: 6.

Provenance

from the family of Franz Barwig d. Ä.;
private property, Austria

Literature

cf.: Der Amethyst, Blätter für seltsame Literatur und Kunst, herausgegeben von Franz Blei, year I, issue 3, Vienna, February 1906 (ill. other version of "Die Arbeit");
cf.: Das Leben. Illustrierte Wochenschrift. edited by Arthur Kirchhoff, Berlin, 1906, No. 44, ill. p. 936 (other version of "Die Arbeit");
cf.: Paul Raabe, Alfred Kubin, Leben - Werk - Wirkung, Hamburg 1957, no. 17 and 20

The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Dr Annegret Hoberg.
We are grateful to Dr Annegret Hoberg and Ferdinand Altnöder for their kind assistance with the cataloguing and their valuable input.