Chalks on sketchbook paper. With the estate stamp and the handwritten registration number “TuZ41” on the reverse, as well as with the handwritten inscription “Straßenszene Tunis 1914” (Heiderich remarks that the estate erroneously dated the drawing to the period of the journey to Tunisia). 17.5 x 10.7 cm. , the full sheet. [MH].
• From the artist's most creative period. • Spontaneous yet striking sketch, created during Macke's stay in Hilterfingen. • This work has already featured in several exhibitions, including at the Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, the Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, and the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster. LITERATURE: Ursula Heiderich, August Macke. Zeichnungen. Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart 1993, no. 2093 (illustrated on p. 577). - - Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 214th auction, June 2-4, 1976, lot 983.
August Macke 1887-1914. Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Graphik, Städtische Kunstsammlung, Bonn, 1964, cat. no. 31. German Expressionist Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, Sculpture, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1972/73, cat. no. 46. August Macke 1887-1914. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster / Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn / Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum, Krefeld, 1976/77, cat. no. 277. Die Tunisreise. Klee, Macke, Moilliet, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte / Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1982/83, cat. no. 138
August Macke estate (with the stamp on the reverse, Lugt 1775 b). Private collection, Hanover (since 1976: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg)
In good condition. With a tiny tear in the lower margin, professionally backed. Slightly rubbed and with mounting marks on the verso in the upper corners, faintly visible on the recto.
Lot Details
Chalks on sketchbook paper. With the estate stamp and the handwritten registration number “TuZ41” on the reverse, as well as with the handwritten inscription “Straßenszene Tunis 1914” (Heiderich remarks that the estate erroneously dated the drawing to the period of the journey to Tunisia). 17.5 x 10.7 cm. , the full sheet. [MH].
• From the artist's most creative period. • Spontaneous yet striking sketch, created during Macke's stay in Hilterfingen. • This work has already featured in several exhibitions, including at the Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, the Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, and the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster. LITERATURE: Ursula Heiderich, August Macke. Zeichnungen. Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart 1993, no. 2093 (illustrated on p. 577). - - Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 214th auction, June 2-4, 1976, lot 983.
August Macke 1887-1914. Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Graphik, Städtische Kunstsammlung, Bonn, 1964, cat. no. 31. German Expressionist Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors, Sculpture, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1972/73, cat. no. 46. August Macke 1887-1914. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster / Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn / Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum, Krefeld, 1976/77, cat. no. 277. Die Tunisreise. Klee, Macke, Moilliet, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte / Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1982/83, cat. no. 138
August Macke estate (with the stamp on the reverse, Lugt 1775 b). Private collection, Hanover (since 1976: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg)
In good condition. With a tiny tear in the lower margin, professionally backed. Slightly rubbed and with mounting marks on the verso in the upper corners, faintly visible on the recto.
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