Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000428
126000428
Leo Putz
In der Badewanne I, Um 1910.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000428
Leo Putz
In der Badewanne I, Um 1910.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 35,100 - 46,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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).
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).
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