Sale: 603 / Online Sale, April 15. 2026 → Lot 124
124
Gabriele Münter
Stillleben mit Büchern, 1926.
Oil
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,100 Sold:
€ 20,100 / $ 22,913 (incl. surcharge)
124
Gabriele Münter
Stillleben mit Büchern, 1926.
Oil
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,100 Sold:
€ 20,100 / $ 22,913 (incl. surcharge)
Gabriele Münter
1877 - 1962
Stillleben mit Büchern. 1926- 30.
Oil on thin cardboard, laid on gray cardboard.
With the estate stamp on the reverse. 33 x 44.7 cm (12.9 x 17.5 in). [EH].
• Two still lifes with similar motifs from the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation were part of the major retrospective “Gabriele Münter - Malen ohne Umschweife” (Gabriele Münter - Painting Without Hesitation) at the Lenbachhaus in Munich in 2018.
• The subtly graded colors reflect the artist's reinvention in the 1920s.
• In this work, Gabriele Münter draws on the quiet yet powerful expressiveness of New Objectivity with painterly sensitivity.
• Until April 26, 2026, the Guggenheim Museum New York is honoring the artist with the comprehensive exhibition “Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World".
Accompanied by written confirmation by the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation, Munich, dated October 7, 2013.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Munich.
Private collection, South Germany.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired by the above at Ketterer in 1982).
Private collection, South Germany (since 2014 Karl & Faber).
LITERATURE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27th auction Modern Art, May 22-24, 1978, lot 1515, illu. on p. 174.
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, A 58, June 8, 1982, lot 1196.
Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, A 704, Dec. 4, 2013, lot 1009.
Karl & Faber, Munich, A 256, June 5, 2014, lot 543.
Good overall impression. Rubbed due to framing, the thin painting cardboard slightly irregularly trimmed. Small, superficial color losses and rubbing in places. Minimal craquelure in places. Expertly executed retouching in the background. Surface tear at the bottom right.
1877 - 1962
Stillleben mit Büchern. 1926- 30.
Oil on thin cardboard, laid on gray cardboard.
With the estate stamp on the reverse. 33 x 44.7 cm (12.9 x 17.5 in). [EH].
• Two still lifes with similar motifs from the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation were part of the major retrospective “Gabriele Münter - Malen ohne Umschweife” (Gabriele Münter - Painting Without Hesitation) at the Lenbachhaus in Munich in 2018.
• The subtly graded colors reflect the artist's reinvention in the 1920s.
• In this work, Gabriele Münter draws on the quiet yet powerful expressiveness of New Objectivity with painterly sensitivity.
• Until April 26, 2026, the Guggenheim Museum New York is honoring the artist with the comprehensive exhibition “Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World".
Accompanied by written confirmation by the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation, Munich, dated October 7, 2013.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Munich.
Private collection, South Germany.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired by the above at Ketterer in 1982).
Private collection, South Germany (since 2014 Karl & Faber).
LITERATURE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27th auction Modern Art, May 22-24, 1978, lot 1515, illu. on p. 174.
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, A 58, June 8, 1982, lot 1196.
Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, A 704, Dec. 4, 2013, lot 1009.
Karl & Faber, Munich, A 256, June 5, 2014, lot 543.
Good overall impression. Rubbed due to framing, the thin painting cardboard slightly irregularly trimmed. Small, superficial color losses and rubbing in places. Minimal craquelure in places. Expertly executed retouching in the background. Surface tear at the bottom right.
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