Sale: 539 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 10. 2023 in Munich Lot 392

 

392
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ruderboote, Um 1909.
Watercolor, India ink and pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 35,560 / $ 38,404

(incl. surcharge)
Ruderboote. Um 1909.
Watercolor, India ink and pencil.
Lower left signed. With the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b) and the hand-witten registration number "A Dre/Bh 2" on the reverse. On paper. 34 x 44 cm (13.3 x 17.3 in), size of sheet. [SM].

• Made during the "Brücke" time in Dresden.
• Airily captured scene on the Carolasee in the Große Garten in Dresden, characterized by great graphic finesse.
• A similar watercolor is part of the collection of the Sprengel Museum Hanover
.

The work is registered in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Art dealer Dr. Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt.
Private collection (from the above in ca. 1974)
Ever since family-owned.




392
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ruderboote, Um 1909.
Watercolor, India ink and pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 35,560 / $ 38,404

(incl. surcharge)