LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and ink, wash and spray, watercolour and coloured crayon on paper

Size Notes:

32.8 by 25.6cm., 12? by 10?in.

Edition:

Executed circa 1904.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Kubin (lower right), titled (lower left) and inscribed Mein Werk Abb. 30 on the verso

Condition:

Framed: 50.9 by 42.7cm., 20 by 16¾in. Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the mount at all four corners and floating in the mount. The left and right edges are unevenly cut. The sheet is very slightly undulating as a result of the artist's working process. There is a very faint crease to the right part of the upper edge only visible under raking light and upon close inspection. There are several tiny surface accretions and small spots of foxing. There are remnants of adhesive relating to a previous mounting arrangement on the reverse. This work is in overall very good condition.

Literature:

Alfred Kubin, Dämonen und Nachtgesichte, Dresden, 1926, pl. 30

Provenance:

Sale: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 12th June 2009, lot 96 Le Claire Kunst, Hamburg Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012