LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

34.02 in. (86.40 cm.) (height) by 23.74 in. (60.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed 'G Schrimpf 36' in dark brown lower right

Condition:

Framed; A few minor retouchings towards the lower margin to the right shoulder of the left figure and within the skirt of the right figure.

Exhibited:

Exhibitions Munich 1939 (Graphisches Kabinett Günther Franke Palais Almeida) Georg Schrimpf. Gedächtnis-Ausstellung cat. no. 22 with illus. on the cover

Literature:

Literature Matthias Pförtner Georg Schrimpf Berlin 1940 illus. p. 55; Josef Adamiak Georg Schrimpf. Ein Beitrag zum Problem der Malerei der "Neuen Sachlichkeit" Berlin 1961 (unprinted thesis of the Humboldt-Universität) p. 44 with illus. no. 69

Provenance:

Provenance Graphisches Kabinett Günther Franke Munich (1939; label verso); Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia; in family possession since