Pastell-Aquarell. 1960.
Pastel and watercolor.
Bottom right signed and dated. On brownish flock coated paper. 24.6 x 29.1 cm (9.6 x 11.4 in), the full sheet. [CH].

• Privately-owned for nearly 60 years.
• For the first time offered on the auction market.
• Ida Kerkovius is among the most renowned German artists of Modernism. Her works are in ossession of, among others, the Pinakothek der Moderne, München, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, and the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren.

We are grateful to Mrs. Katharina Hadding for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1964).
Ever since family-owned.

EXHIBITION: Ida Kerkovius, Salzburger Kunstverein, Residenz, Salzburg 1963.
Ida Kerkovius, Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart 1964.

Work in strong colors and in very good condition. Edges sligthly irregular (natural part of the work). Corners with tiny isolated pinholes,.