28
Ernst Müller-Gräfe
2 Blätter: Menschen in der Arbeit - Getreideernte und Obsternte, 1919.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 912 Sold:
€ 1,830 / $ 2,086 (incl. surcharge)
28
Ernst Müller-Gräfe
2 Blätter: Menschen in der Arbeit - Getreideernte und Obsternte, 1919.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 912 Sold:
€ 1,830 / $ 2,086 (incl. surcharge)
Gouache over pencil
One monogrammed lower right as well as inscribed "Entwurf zur 'Wand der Ernten' Wandgemälde im Treppenhause des Lindenau-Museums in Altenburg x Eingang zur Gemäldesammlung, Länge der Wand 10 mtr, Höhe 3,35 mtr." lower left, the other inscribed "Die Obst- und Getreideernte, Länge der Wand [..?] 10mtr." lower left. On paper. Up to 52,5 x 96 cm (20,6 x 37,7 in), size of sheet
The first late-impressionist paintings in the Lindenau museum in Altenburg were mady by Ernst Müller-Gräfe in 1911, two of the three murals were completed in 1915. After World War I he created three new versions, which were following Expressionims in terms of form and colors. The works were executed in 1919 and 1921, today they are pasted over by wallpapers. [EH].
We are grateful to Ms. Jutta Penndorf, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
LITERATURE: Jutta Penndorf, Expressionismus in Altenburg?, in: Expressionismus in Thüringen. Facetten eines kulturellen Aufbruchs, published by v. Cornelia Nowak, Kai Uwe Schierz and Justus H. Ulbricht, Jena 1999, pp. 84-93.
One monogrammed lower right as well as inscribed "Entwurf zur 'Wand der Ernten' Wandgemälde im Treppenhause des Lindenau-Museums in Altenburg x Eingang zur Gemäldesammlung, Länge der Wand 10 mtr, Höhe 3,35 mtr." lower left, the other inscribed "Die Obst- und Getreideernte, Länge der Wand [..?] 10mtr." lower left. On paper. Up to 52,5 x 96 cm (20,6 x 37,7 in), size of sheet
The first late-impressionist paintings in the Lindenau museum in Altenburg were mady by Ernst Müller-Gräfe in 1911, two of the three murals were completed in 1915. After World War I he created three new versions, which were following Expressionims in terms of form and colors. The works were executed in 1919 and 1921, today they are pasted over by wallpapers. [EH].
We are grateful to Ms. Jutta Penndorf, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
LITERATURE: Jutta Penndorf, Expressionismus in Altenburg?, in: Expressionismus in Thüringen. Facetten eines kulturellen Aufbruchs, published by v. Cornelia Nowak, Kai Uwe Schierz and Justus H. Ulbricht, Jena 1999, pp. 84-93.
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