Otto Modersohn - Herbst im Moor - image-1

Lot 427 Dα

Otto Modersohn - Herbst im Moor

Auction 1163 - overview Cologne
09.12.2020, 11:00 - Day Sale - Modern and Contemporary Art
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 25.000 € (incl. premium)

Otto Modersohn

Herbst im Moor
1942

Oil on canvas 64.5/65.5 x 78 cm Framed. Signed and dated 'OModersohn 42' in dark brown lower right. - In fine condition with fresh colours.

According to Rainer Noeres, this is a late variant of the painting "Herbst im Moor" from 1895 (Kunsthalle Bremen).

Certificate

With a photo-certificate by Rainer Noeres, Fischerhude, dated 15 January 2018 (copy).

We would like to thank Rainer Noeres, Otto Modersohn Museum, Fischerhude, for supplementary information.
The painting is listed in Otto Modersohn's studio book from 1942 under no. 95 "Herbst i. Moor".

Provenance

Studio Otto Modersohn; Private possession, Cuxhaven (since October 1942); Family possession, Schleswig-Holstein/Hesse; Private collection, Rhineland; To be sold on behalf of the Verein der Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museums und des Museum Ludwig, Cologne.