August Macke
August Macke
1887 - 1914
Reiter zu Pferde, Kandern. 1907.
Oil on cardboard.
Inscribed “3” in the lower right and “Kiel” in the lower left by a hand other than the artist’s, as well as an illegibly numbered. With the estate stamp (Lugt 1775 b) on the backing board of the frame. 33 x 42 cm (12.9 x 16.5 in).
Original reverse side of “Portrait Study of Elisabeth Gerhardt” (CR no. 66). A pencil sketch can be found in Sketchbook No. 13 on p. 74; another pencil sketch depicting the dwarfish rider appears on pp. 80–81 of the same sketchbook. [AW].
• Early work by the prominent German Expressionist.
• Using intense, high-contrast colors, Macke captures rural life in Kandern, where he repeatedly visited his sister between 1905 and 1914.
• In 1907, the year this work was created, Macke became acquainted with Impressionist painting during a trip to Paris and subsequently took art classes with Lovis Corinth in Berlin.
• Beginning in 1911, Macke was a member of the “Blauer Reiter” artists’ circle in Munich.
PROVENANCE: The artist’s estate (bearing the estate stamp on the backing board of the frame).
Sofie Gerhardt, Bonn.
Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke, Bonn.
Constanze Eggert, Berlin (1957).
Galerie Folker Skulim, Berlin (ca. 1969).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Ursula Heiderich, August Macke. Gemälde. Werkverzeichnis, Ostfildern 2008, CR no. 69 (with black-and-white illustration on p. 311; with differing dimensions).
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Gustav Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart 1953, cat. no. 26.
Gustav Vriesen, August Macke, 2nd expanded ed., Stuttgart 1957, cat. no. 26b (with illustration on p. 308).
August Macke
1887 - 1914
Reiter zu Pferde, Kandern. 1907.
Oil on cardboard.
Inscribed “3” in the lower right and “Kiel” in the lower left by a hand other than the artist’s, as well as an illegibly numbered. With the estate stamp (Lugt 1775 b) on the backing board of the frame. 33 x 42 cm (12.9 x 16.5 in).
Original reverse side of “Portrait Study of Elisabeth Gerhardt” (CR no. 66). A pencil sketch can be found in Sketchbook No. 13 on p. 74; another pencil sketch depicting the dwarfish rider appears on pp. 80–81 of the same sketchbook. [AW].
• Early work by the prominent German Expressionist.
• Using intense, high-contrast colors, Macke captures rural life in Kandern, where he repeatedly visited his sister between 1905 and 1914.
• In 1907, the year this work was created, Macke became acquainted with Impressionist painting during a trip to Paris and subsequently took art classes with Lovis Corinth in Berlin.
• Beginning in 1911, Macke was a member of the “Blauer Reiter” artists’ circle in Munich.
PROVENANCE: The artist’s estate (bearing the estate stamp on the backing board of the frame).
Sofie Gerhardt, Bonn.
Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke, Bonn.
Constanze Eggert, Berlin (1957).
Galerie Folker Skulim, Berlin (ca. 1969).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Ursula Heiderich, August Macke. Gemälde. Werkverzeichnis, Ostfildern 2008, CR no. 69 (with black-and-white illustration on p. 311; with differing dimensions).
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Gustav Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart 1953, cat. no. 26.
Gustav Vriesen, August Macke, 2nd expanded ed., Stuttgart 1957, cat. no. 26b (with illustration on p. 308).
