Türke 2. 1914.
Copying pencil-Drawing.
Heiderich 2549. Verso dated by Elisabeth Macke and titled, as well as with the estate stamp, there with inscription "TuZ 42". On smooth paper. 14.6 x 8.8 cm (5.7 x 3.4 in) , size of sheet.
This drawing from a sketchbook was made during Macke's and Klee's journey through Tunisia in April 1914. [CH].

We are grateful to Ursula Heiderich, Syke, for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (with the estate stamp).
Galerie Utermann, Dortmund.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg (acquired from aforementioned in 1986).

EXHIBITION: August Macke. Handzeichnungen und Aquarelle, Kunsthalle Bremen, 1964/65, cat. no. 293.
August Macke 1887-1914. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster; Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum, Krefeld 1976/77, cat. no. 290, illu. on p. 224.
Die Tunisreise. Klee, Macke, Moilliet, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1982/83, cat. no. 116, illu. on p. 242.
August Macke zum 100. Geburtstag, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, 1986, cat. no. 48 (with color illu.).

LITERATURE: Günter Busch, August Macke. Handzeichnungen, Mainz/Berlin 1966, cat. no. 47 (with illu.).