As of Nov 07, 2024

Maria Uhden

Lot 125
Brennende Stadt, 1917
Gouache

14.8 x 11.8 in (37.5 x 30.0 cm)

Lot 125
Brennende Stadt, 1917
Gouache
14.8 x 11.8 in (37.5 x 30.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
Auction: 13 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Cologne
Auction: Nov 27, 2024
Auction number: A525
Auction name: Modern, Post War & Contemporary, Evening Sale

Lot Details
UHDEN, MARIA1892 Coburg - 1918 Miunic


Title: Brennende Stadt.
Date: 1917.
Technique: Gouache on brown paper.
Measurement: 37,5 x 30cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower centre: M.U.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame.


Provenance:
- Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (label)
- Private collection South Germany
- Fischer Kunsthandel & Editions, Berlin
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Storch, Wolfgang: Georg Schrimpf and Maria Uhden - Leben und Werk. With a catalogue raisonné, Berlin 1985, cat. rais. no. 1917/6, ill.


- Uhden is considered an important figure in the German female avant-garde
- Depiction of war in a mystical and symbolic setting typical of her work
- Rare gouache from the artist's very small oeuvre, of which only around 20 unique works are known.
Lot Details
UHDEN, MARIA1892 Coburg - 1918 Miunic


Title: Brennende Stadt.
Date: 1917.
Technique: Gouache on brown paper.
Measurement: 37,5 x 30cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower centre: M.U.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame.


Provenance:
- Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (label)
- Private collection South Germany
- Fischer Kunsthandel & Editions, Berlin
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Storch, Wolfgang: Georg Schrimpf and Maria Uhden - Leben und Werk. With a catalogue raisonné, Berlin 1985, cat. rais. no. 1917/6, ill.


- Uhden is considered an important figure in the German female avant-garde
- Depiction of war in a mystical and symbolic setting typical of her work
- Rare gouache from the artist's very small oeuvre, of which only around 20 unique works are known.
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