LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Size Notes:
52.5 x 42.8
Description:
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Exhibited:
Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, ThirtiethInternational Exhibition of Paintings,1931, no. 356Zurich, Kunsthaus Zrich, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, 1952, no. 15(with inverted dimensions)Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute,1958 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, 1958-59 (not listed in the catalogue)Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings from Previous Internationals, 1896-1955, 1958-59, no. 59, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating from 1905)New York, Neue Galerie & Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent Van Gogh and Expressionism, 2007, no. 72, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Literature:
Lothar-Gnther Buchheim,Die Knstlergemeinschaft Brcke, Feldafing,1956, no. 156, illustrated n.p. (as dating from 1905); Peter Selz, 'Kirchner's Self-Portrait as a Soldier in Relation to Earlier Self-Portraits', inAllen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, 1957, vol. XIV, no. 2, illustrated p. 92 (as dating from 1904 and with incorrect provenance); Peter Selz,German Expressionist Painting, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1957, no. 22, illustrated p. 73 (as dating from 1904 and with incorrect provenance); Donald E. Gordon, 'Kirchner in Dresden', inArt Bulletin, 1966, vol. XLVII, no. 3/4, mentioned pp. 341 & 346; Donald E. Gordon,Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Mit einem kritischen Katalog smtlicher Gemlde, Munich, 1968, no. 24, illustrated pl. 6 & p. 277; HorstJhner,Knstlergruppe Brcke, Geschichte einer Gemeinschaft und das Lebenswerk ihrer Reprsentanten, Berlin, 1984, mentioned p. 405; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Von Jena nach Davos, Ausstellung zum 90. Grndungsjubilum des Jenaer Kunstvereins (exhibition catalogue), Stadtmuseum Ghre, Jena, 1993, p. 51; Magdalena Moeller (ed.),Die 'Brcke', Gemlde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik, Munich, 1995, illustrated p. 16; Die Expressionisten, Vom Aufbruch bis zur Verfemung(exhibition catalogue), Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1996, illustrated p. 53; Making Van Gogh, A German Love Story(exhibition catalogue), Frankfurt, Sta?del Museum, 2019, no. 13, illustrated in colour p. 121
Provenance:
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, BerlinHugo Simon, Berlin, Paris & Rio de Janeiro (acquired by 1931)Fine Art Associates (Otto Gerson), New York (acquired by 1958)Anne Burnett Tandy, Fort Worth (acquired by 1968. Sold by her estate: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 5th November 1981, lot 213)Purchasedat the above sale by the family of the present owner; This lot is offered pursuant to a settlement agreement between the present owner and the heirs of Hugo Simon.