224
Franz Marc
Schwimmendes Reh, 1911/12.
Pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,800
Sold:
€ 23,220 / $ 26,470

(incl. surcharge)
224
Franz Marc
Schwimmendes Reh, 1911/12.
Pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,800
Sold:
€ 23,220 / $ 26,470

(incl. surcharge)

Franz Marc
1880 - 1916

Schwimmendes Reh. 1911/12.
Pencil.
Signed and inscribed “16” in the lower left. On wove paper. 10.2 x 17 cm (4 x 6.6 in), the full sheet.
From the sketchbook XXIV from 1911/12, p. 16. [MH].

• Small animal drawing in Franz Marc’s unmistakable style.
• Animal depictions constitute the most significant thematic group within his artistic oeuvre.
• Created during the important early period of the “Blue Rider”
.

PROVENANCE: Maria Marc, Ried.
Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich (Marc Estate, No. 143).
Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin.
Private collection, Southern Germany (since 1978, acquired from the above, in the same collection ever since).

EXHIBITION: Kunsthaus Zürich, Jan. 13–Feb. 10, 1935, likely on p. 165.
Franz Marc. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, among others: Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich / Galerie F. C. Valentien, Stuttgart / State Office for Museums, Collections, and Exhibitions, Freiburg im Breisgau 1949/50, cat. no. 37.
Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke. Drawings and Watercolors, Hutton-Hutschnecker Gallery, New York, April 16–May 28, 1969, cat. no. 61.
Franz Marc 1880–1916, Graphisches Kabinet – Kunsthandlung U. Voigt KG, Bremen, March 14–April 30, 1970, cat. no. 19.
Franz Marc. Zum zeichnerischen Werk, Liechtenstein State Art Collection, Vaduz, June 5–August 1, 1971, cat. no. 21.
Franz Marc. Gouachen, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; August Macke. Gemälde, Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Plastik, Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin, Oct. 31, 1977–Jan. 15, 1978, cat. no. 29 (illustrated on p. 25).
Franz Marc 1880–1916, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Aug. 27–Oct. 26, 1980, cat. no. 116 (illustrated on p. 217).
Franz Marc. Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Brücke Museum, Berlin, Sept. 3–Oct. 29, 1989; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Nov. 12, 1989–Feb. 11, 1990; Kunsthalle Tübingen, Feb. 24–Apr. 29, 1990, cat. no. 79 (illustrated).

LITERATURE: Annegret Hoberg, Isabelle Jansen, Franz Marc. Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 3:
Skizzenbücher und Druckgraphik, Munich 2011, CR no. Sketchbook XXIV, p. 16 (illustrated).
Klaus Lankheit, Franz Marc. Katalog der Werke, Cologne 1970, CR no. 607 (illustrated).
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Klaus Lankheit, Franz Marc, Berlin 1950, in: Art of Our Time, 3 (illustrated on p. 29).
Klaus Lankheit, Franz Marc. Tierstudien, 36 Handzeichnungen, Wiesbaden 1963 (illustrated on p. 28).







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