Sale: 449 / Modern Art I, June 10. 2017 in Munich Lot 217

 

217
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Sechs Tänzerinnen vor Bogendekoration (Englisches Ensemble), 1910.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 28,750 / $ 31,050

(incl. surcharge)
Sechs Tänzerinnen vor Bogendekoration (Englisches Ensemble). 1910.
Drypoint etching.
Gercken 468 I (of II). Dube R 101. Schiefler R 92. Signed, inscribed "Eigendruck" and "Englisches Ensemble" by the artist. Only to date known copy of the Ist state from a total of three copies (mentioned as R 92in Schieffler). On soft, grayish laid paper. 16.3 x 29.5 cm (6.4 x 11.6 in). 20,3 x 34,6 cm (7,9 x 13,6 in).

The only to date known copy of the Ist state. Very rare, not offered on the international auction market in the past 30 years. (Source artnet.com, artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Collection Paul Sachs (verso with collector's stamp, Lugt L 2251a)
A 169 "Moderne Kunst", Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 1979, lot 590 (illu. on plate 116)
Private collection Hesse (acquired in aforementioned auction).




217
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Sechs Tänzerinnen vor Bogendekoration (Englisches Ensemble), 1910.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 28,750 / $ 31,050

(incl. surcharge)