Hiddensee. 1920.
Watercolor and India ink.
Lower left signed, dated and titled. On wove paper by Johann Wilhelm (with watermark). 37.3 x 44.7 cm (14.6 x 17.5 in), the full sheet.
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• During the summers from 1920 to 1922, Max Kaus and his wife lived in a small hut on the steep coast of the island of Hiddensee
• The impressive Baltic Sea landscape inspired the artist to create colorful watercolors like this one
• In the year 1920, Max Kaus met Otto Mueller and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff at the Free Secession, regular exhibitions followed.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Germany
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).

LITERATURE: Bücherstube Hans Götz, Hamburg, 49th auction, Gemälde, Aquarelle, … aus norddeutschem Schloss und Privatbesitz, November 23, 1929, lot 282.

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