Conrad Felixmüller - Bildnis I. Exc. von Haugk, Dresden - image-1

Lot 284 D

Conrad Felixmüller - Bildnis I. Exc. von Haugk, Dresden

Auction 1051 - overview Cologne
29.05.2015, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 18.000 € - 20.000 €
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Conrad Felixmüller

Bildnis I. Exc. von Haugk, Dresden
1933

Oil on canvas 27.3 x 21.3 cm Framed. Signed and dated 'C. Felixmüller 33' in brown upper left. On the reverse of canvas addidionally signed, dated and inscribed 'C. Felixmüller Mai 1933 Dresden'. - The corners with minimal frame-related losses of colour.

According to Titus Felixmüller, the person depicted in the portrait is Her Excellency von Haugk, the mother-in-law of Mo von Haugk. The von Haugks belonged to Felixmüllers' longtime sponsors who supported him repeatedly. During National Socialism they organised numerous portrait commissions for him so he could keep his head above water. Despite Felixmüller himself not being Jewish, he was still persecuted by the National Socialists due to his political activities.

Catalogue Raisonné

T. Felixmüller 567

Provenance

Fritz von Haugk, Leipzig; Maria von Haugk-Crusius; Christie's London, Sale 5620, German and Austrian Art, 13.10.1994, lot 146 (labels on the reverse); Private possession, Hesse