August Macke Meschede 1887 – 1914 Perthes-lès-Hurlus

Meschede 1887 – 1914 Perthes-lès-Hurlus
”Mann auf Bank”. 1913

Oil on cardboard. 56,1 × 51,1 cm. (22 ⅛ × 20 ⅛ in.) Signed and dated with brush in black on the reverse: A. Macke 1913. There too labels of the exhibitions Berlin 1934, Hanover 1935 and Amsterdam 1964 (see below) as well as labels of the Kunsthalle Basel and of Galerie Emil Richter, Dresden. Catalogue raisonné: Heiderich 525 / Vriesen 404. [3071] Frame: Spain, 17th century. Loan Dengg frame, Berli

Provenance
Estate of the artist (1914–1957) / Private Collection, Southern Germany (1957 acquired, thence by descent to the present owner)
Sold for:
1,105,000 EUR (incl. premium)
There is a pencil study relating to the painting in the sketchbook 45 on p. 28. (Ursula Heiderich: August Macke. Die Skizzenbücher. Volume II Stuttgart, Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1987, p. 900/901).