Otto Modersohn - Louise am Strand - image-1

Lot 833 D

Otto Modersohn - Louise am Strand

Auction 1013 - overview Cologne
25.05.2013, 11:30 - Modern Art May 25 2013
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.440 € (incl. premium)

Watercolour over preparatory pencil drawing on firm paper 20.6/20.9 x 33.6 cm. Signed 'O. Modersohn' in pencil and dated 'VII. 14.' with black brush lower right. - The upper margin irregularly cut; 2 pinholes to centre of upper and lower margins.

The woman depicted here is Louise Modersohn-Breling, Otto Modersohn's third wife. He painted her on Wangerooge beach in July 1914.

Certificate

We would like to thank Rainer Noeres, Otto-Modersohn-Archive, Fischerhude, for confirmatory and additional information.

Provenance

Private possession, Northern Germany