Sale: 533 / Modern Art Day Sale and Gerlinger Collection, Dec. 10. 2022 in Munich Lot 404

 

404
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Vignette mit Initialen der "Brücke", 1909.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140
Sold:
€ 6,875 / $ 7,356

(incl. surcharge)
Vignette mit Initialen der "Brücke". 1909.
Woodcut.
Gercken A-45. Dube H. 698. This is the only known copy. On yellow paper, mounted on laid paper. 2.8 x 2.4 cm (1.1 x 0.9 in). Sheet: 13,7 x 11 cm (5,4 x 4,3 in).
[SM].
• This is the only known copy.
• Kirchner created this vignette for "Brücke" editions, however, it was rarely used
.

PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 110, SHG no. 61 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 307, SHG no. 657 (with black-and-whitte illu.).

The small woodcut was made together with several other sheets that Kirchner intended for "Brücke" editions. However, it was rarely used. [MvL]



404
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Vignette mit Initialen der "Brücke", 1909.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140
Sold:
€ 6,875 / $ 7,356

(incl. surcharge)