Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000326
Lot 125000326 
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125000326
Albert Weisgerber
Weiblicher Akt auf rotem Divan, 1914.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,600 - 32,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Weiblicher Akt auf rotem Divan. 1914.
Oil on canvas.
Handwritten inscription “Grete Weisgerber” on the reverse of the canvas, with an illegible stamp, and handwritten date and title on a label on the stretcher. 78.5 x 122 cm (30.9 x 48 in). [AW].
• Between Impressionism and Expressionism, Weisgerber is an important and deservedly rediscovered figure in Modern Art.
• As early as 1906, the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and the Städtische Galerie in Frankfurt am Main purchased his works.
• In 1912, he had exhibitions at Paul Cassirer in Berlin, the Kunsthaus Zurich, and the Sonderbundausstellung in Cologne.
• In 1913, Weisgerber was a founding member and president of the “Neue Münchner Secession” (New Munich Secession), which also included Alexej von Jawlensky, Paul Klee, and Alexander Kanoldt.
• The atmospheric nude was exhibited at the XIII Biennale in Venice in 1922.
We are grateful to Mr. Erwin Rehn, Nauroth, for his kind support in cataloging this lot. The work will be included in the new edition of the catalog raisooné that is currently in preparation.
PROVENANCE: Margarete Weisgerber Collection.
Martha Reuther Estate, Heidelberg.
Private collection, Mannheim (1925).
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (from 1998).
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (since 2003).
EXHIBITION: Memorial exhibition, Neue Münchner Secession, Munich, April 22 to end of May 1916, cat. no. 102.
XIII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della città di Venezia, Venice, April 15 to October 31, 1922 (exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1925, cat. no. 439.
LITERATURE: Wilhelm Weber, Albert Weisgerber. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik), Heidelberg/Berlin 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 354.
Saskia Ishikawa-Franke, Albert Weisgerber. Life and Work. Paintings, Saarbrücken 1978, catalogue raisonné no. 449.
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Margarete Weisgerber, estate album, note “July 16. Reuther, Mannheim,” 1916.
Wilhelm Hausenstein, Albert Weisgerber, Munich 1918, p. 115 (as “Nackte Frau in den Kissen”, illustrated in black-and-white).
Stuttgarter Kunstauktionshaus Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart, 10th Auction of Modern Art, April 25, 1998, lot 867 (illustrated in color).
Oil on canvas.
Handwritten inscription “Grete Weisgerber” on the reverse of the canvas, with an illegible stamp, and handwritten date and title on a label on the stretcher. 78.5 x 122 cm (30.9 x 48 in). [AW].
• Between Impressionism and Expressionism, Weisgerber is an important and deservedly rediscovered figure in Modern Art.
• As early as 1906, the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and the Städtische Galerie in Frankfurt am Main purchased his works.
• In 1912, he had exhibitions at Paul Cassirer in Berlin, the Kunsthaus Zurich, and the Sonderbundausstellung in Cologne.
• In 1913, Weisgerber was a founding member and president of the “Neue Münchner Secession” (New Munich Secession), which also included Alexej von Jawlensky, Paul Klee, and Alexander Kanoldt.
• The atmospheric nude was exhibited at the XIII Biennale in Venice in 1922.
We are grateful to Mr. Erwin Rehn, Nauroth, for his kind support in cataloging this lot. The work will be included in the new edition of the catalog raisooné that is currently in preparation.
PROVENANCE: Margarete Weisgerber Collection.
Martha Reuther Estate, Heidelberg.
Private collection, Mannheim (1925).
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (from 1998).
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (since 2003).
EXHIBITION: Memorial exhibition, Neue Münchner Secession, Munich, April 22 to end of May 1916, cat. no. 102.
XIII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della città di Venezia, Venice, April 15 to October 31, 1922 (exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1925, cat. no. 439.
LITERATURE: Wilhelm Weber, Albert Weisgerber. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik), Heidelberg/Berlin 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 354.
Saskia Ishikawa-Franke, Albert Weisgerber. Life and Work. Paintings, Saarbrücken 1978, catalogue raisonné no. 449.
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Margarete Weisgerber, estate album, note “July 16. Reuther, Mannheim,” 1916.
Wilhelm Hausenstein, Albert Weisgerber, Munich 1918, p. 115 (as “Nackte Frau in den Kissen”, illustrated in black-and-white).
Stuttgarter Kunstauktionshaus Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart, 10th Auction of Modern Art, April 25, 1998, lot 867 (illustrated in color).
125000326
Albert Weisgerber
Weiblicher Akt auf rotem Divan, 1914.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,600 - 32,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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