Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000346
Lot 125000346 
Raumbeispiel
125000346
Hans Purrmann
Liegender Akt, 1940.
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.
Liegender Akt. 1940.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the bottom center. 38.5 x 46 cm (15.1 x 18.1 in). [CH].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
- In the combination of the curved female body, the ornamental surroundings, and his painterly style, Purrmann creates a sensual composition.
• Influenced by Cézanne and Modigliani, this nude was created during Purrmann's long stay in Florence, where he had been managing the German Artists' Foundation Villa Romana since 1935.
• Female nudes by the artist from the 1930s and 40s can also be found in the collections of the Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, the Saarland Museum, the Saarland Cultural Heritage Foundation in Saarbrücken, and the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.
The work is registered in the Hans Purrmann Archive with the number 943.
PROVENANCE: Probably from a private collection in Switzerland.
Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905–1968), Wiesbaden.
Estate of Dr. Max Niedermayer, Wiesbaden.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1978).
In family ownership since then.
LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde II. 1935-1966. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, p. 74, cat. no. 1940/27 (illustrated in color).
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the bottom center. 38.5 x 46 cm (15.1 x 18.1 in). [CH].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
- In the combination of the curved female body, the ornamental surroundings, and his painterly style, Purrmann creates a sensual composition.
• Influenced by Cézanne and Modigliani, this nude was created during Purrmann's long stay in Florence, where he had been managing the German Artists' Foundation Villa Romana since 1935.
• Female nudes by the artist from the 1930s and 40s can also be found in the collections of the Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, the Saarland Museum, the Saarland Cultural Heritage Foundation in Saarbrücken, and the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.
The work is registered in the Hans Purrmann Archive with the number 943.
PROVENANCE: Probably from a private collection in Switzerland.
Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905–1968), Wiesbaden.
Estate of Dr. Max Niedermayer, Wiesbaden.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1978).
In family ownership since then.
LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde II. 1935-1966. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, p. 74, cat. no. 1940/27 (illustrated in color).
125000346
Hans Purrmann
Liegender Akt, 1940.
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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