Max Slevogt
1868 - 1932

Don Quichotte und die Schafherde. 1907.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. 51.2 x 66.8 cm (20.1 x 26.2 in). [EB].

• Don Quixote: Slevogt’s allegory of the unwavering struggle for self-determination.
• Extensive and impressive exhibition history; widely exhibited and published even during the artist’s lifetime.
• Along with Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth, Slevogt is part of the triumvirate of German Impressionism.
• Originally part of the important Impressionist collection of Eduard Fuchs, Berlin.
• The provenance bears witness to Germany’s turbulent history and finds its culmination in this amicable restitution.

PROVENANCE: Collection of Eduard Fuchs (1870–1940), Berlin (until 1933, when it was confiscated by the Gestapo).
Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin (on consignment for Gertraud Fuchs, until June 16–17, 1937).
Carl Braunstein, Berlin (acquired from the above, presumably on behalf of Fritz Slevogt, Hamburg).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited from the above).
Amicable agreement between the above and the heirs of Eduard Fuchs (2026).
The work is free of restitution claims.

EXHIBITION: Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 6th Exhibition, Feb. 4–23, 1908, cat. no. 67.
Ausstellung deutscher Malerei. 19th and 20th Centuries, Kunsthaus Zürich, Aug. 19–Sept. 23, 1917, cat. no. 112.
Max Slevogt. Ausstellung zum 50. Geburtstag des Künstlers, Freie Secession and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Nov./Dec. 1918, cat. no. 90.
Commeters Kunstausstellung, Hamburg (with a label on the reverse of the decorative frame).
Sächsischer Kunstverein Dresden (with a label on the reverse of the decorative frame).
Leipzig Art Association (with a label on the back of the decorative frame).
Kunstausstellung Potsdamer Kunstsommer. In the Orangery of Sanssouci Park, Potsdam Art Association, mid-June through mid-September 1921, cat. no. 147 (with a label on the stretcher).
Max Slevogt. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Pastelle, Zeichnungen zu seinem 60. Geburtstage, Prussian Academy of Arts, Oct./Nov. 1928, Berlin 1928, cat. no. 59.
Düsseldorfer Kaufleute sammeln moderne Kunst: Exhibition marking the 125th anniversary of the Düsseldorf Chamber of Industry and Commerce at the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, May 25–July 15, 1956, cat. no. 100 (with ill.).

LITERATURE: Hans-Jürgen Imiela, Max Slevogt. Eine Monographie, Karlsruhe 1968, pp. 382ff., note 13.
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Wilhelm Michels, Berliner Neueste Nachrichten, February 20, 1908.
Karl Voll, Max Slevogt. 96 Reproduktionen nach seinen Gemälden, Munich 1912, fig. 88.
Kunst und Künstler, vol. X, no. 12, 1912, p. 581.
Karl Scheffler, Talente, Berlin 1917, p. 43.
Martin Wackernagel, Max Slevogt, Munich-Gladbach 1926, ill. 17.
Wilken von Alten, Max Slevogt, Bielefeld 1926, p. 44, ill. 54.
Rudolph Lepke’s Art Auction House, Berlin, Catalog 2114, F. Art Collection—Berlin. Paintings by Modern Masters, Sculptures, and Furniture; Porcelain and Faience, June 16–17, 1937, lot 116 (with black-and-white illustration, plate 4).
Ulrich Weitz, Salonkultur und Proletariat. Eduard Fuchs: Sammler, Sittengeschichtler, Sozialist, Stuttgart 1991, Slevogt catalogue raisonné no. 34, p. 321 and fig. 194, p. 356.
Bernhard Echte and Walter Feilchenfeldt (eds.), Kunstsalon Bruno & Paul Cassirer. Die Ausstellungen. Vol. 3, die Ausstellungen 1905–1908: “den Sinnen ein magischer Rausch,” Wädenswil 2013, p. 690, ill. p. 677.

Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.10 h +/- 20 min.