Sale: 477 / Classics of the 20th Century II, Dec. 07. 2018 in Munich Lot 462

 

462
Otto Dix
Bildnis Frau Helene Erfurt mit Pelz, 1930.
Charcoal drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,400
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100

(incl. surcharge)
Bildnis Frau Helene Erfurt mit Pelz. 1930.
Charcoal drawing and color pastel chalks over pencil.
Lorenz NSK 10.2.7, catalog raisonné of drawings p. 1318. Monogrammed in upper right (stylized monogram) and dated. On green-gray Ingres paper. 83.5 x 58 cm (32.8 x 22.8 in) , the full sheet.
Preliminary drawing for the painting of the same name fron 1931 (Löffler 1930/7). Her husband Hugo Erfurt was a famous portrait photographer and art collector.
Please note the condition report.
Large-size drawing, characteristic of the artist.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich.
Private collection Italy.

LITERATURE: Auction 4, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, December 8, 1970, cat. no. 192.
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, inventory catalog 77, 1972, no. 100, with illu.




462
Otto Dix
Bildnis Frau Helene Erfurt mit Pelz, 1930.
Charcoal drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,400
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100

(incl. surcharge)