Sale: 409 / Modern Art and Sidelines of the German Avantgarde, Dec. 06. 2013 in Munich Lot 241

 

241
Max Austermann
3 Blätter: Kompositionen zu Symphonien von Johannes Brahms, 1920.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 600 / $ 642
Sold:
€ 3,750 / $ 4,012

(incl. surcharge)
3 Blätter: Kompositionen zu Symphonien von Johannes Brahms. 1920.
Gouaches.
Each signed and dated "Hagen 1920". Each inscribed on verso. On wove paper. Each 49,5 x 68,4 cm (19,4 x 26,9 in), the full sheet.
Attached: postcard to Max Austermann from Christian Rohlfs, as well as a letter by Christian Rohlfs that references Max Austermann's works. Also with two editions by Max Austermann, 'Farbenharmonie für die Praxis', Hagen 1913 (published by Emil Raht) and 1921(self-published). [EH].
Christian Rohlf was enthused by Max Austermann "I was outmostly enthused [sic!] by your art, for it is of a wild passion and ímagination..".




241
Max Austermann
3 Blätter: Kompositionen zu Symphonien von Johannes Brahms, 1920.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 600 / $ 642
Sold:
€ 3,750 / $ 4,012

(incl. surcharge)