Sale: 424 / Modern Art, June 11./13. 2015 in Munich Lot 244

 

244
Conrad Felixmüller
Die ferne Geliebte, 1918.
Lithograph in colors
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 21,250 / $ 22,950

(incl. surcharge)
Die ferne Geliebte. 1918.
Lithograph in colors.
Söhn 123. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "Farbige Lithografie". Monogrammed in stone. One of around 20 copies. On smooth brownish paper. 70 x 58 cm (27.5 x 22.8 in). Sheet: 74 x 59,3 cm (29,1 x 33,3 in).
[JS].
Only one other copy of this four-color variant has been offered on the international auction market so far (source: www.artnet.de).

Unlike it was the case with his contemporaries, Felixmüller wanted his graphic work to be conceived as the art of a painter who sought to animate his visual content through pictorial values. In doing so, he breaks up the vast planarity characteristic of expressionist graphic art by placing parallel or crossed line structures. This way he makes sure that different color values can be distinguished even in black and white illustrations. This sheet's lucent coloring additionally underlines the pictorial quality. Felixmüller, who was occupied with the human face not only during this early period of creation, often included a narrative element in his portraits. Longing as human sensation is also the basis of the illustration of "die ferne Geliebte" (the remote lover).



244
Conrad Felixmüller
Die ferne Geliebte, 1918.
Lithograph in colors
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 21,250 / $ 22,950

(incl. surcharge)