Leo Putz
Leo Putz
1869 - 1940
In der Badewanne I. Um 1910.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner. Inscribed with a dedication by the artist from 1915 on the reverse of the canvas, and additionally signed “Seinem l. (lieben) Freund Beyrer / Leo Putz Sept. 1915.”. 70.5 x 76.8 cm (27.7 x 30.2 in).
[AR].
• A tribute to female beauty in Putz’s characteristic, atmospheric style.
• A classic nude from the rear reinterpreted: with his female nudes, he created coloristic masterpieces.
• The painter dedicates a surprisingly rich part of his oeuvre to the charming subject of bathing women.
• Part of the same private collection for more than 40 years.
PROVENANCE: Eduard Beyrer, Munich (1915, gifted by the artist; handwritten dedication on the reverse).
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich.
Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 1982).
LITERATURE: Helmut Putz, Leo Putz. Werksverzeichnis in zwei Bänden, vol. II, Gauting 1994, CR no. 543 (illustrated in black and white on p. 671, here with a slightly different description of the dedication on the reverse).
Leo Putz
1869 - 1940
In der Badewanne I. Um 1910.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner. Inscribed with a dedication by the artist from 1915 on the reverse of the canvas, and additionally signed “Seinem l. (lieben) Freund Beyrer / Leo Putz Sept. 1915.”. 70.5 x 76.8 cm (27.7 x 30.2 in).
[AR].
• A tribute to female beauty in Putz’s characteristic, atmospheric style.
• A classic nude from the rear reinterpreted: with his female nudes, he created coloristic masterpieces.
• The painter dedicates a surprisingly rich part of his oeuvre to the charming subject of bathing women.
• Part of the same private collection for more than 40 years.
PROVENANCE: Eduard Beyrer, Munich (1915, gifted by the artist; handwritten dedication on the reverse).
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich.
Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 1982).
LITERATURE: Helmut Putz, Leo Putz. Werksverzeichnis in zwei Bänden, vol. II, Gauting 1994, CR no. 543 (illustrated in black and white on p. 671, here with a slightly different description of the dedication on the reverse).
