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Lot 83 Dα

Max Slevogt - Selbstbildnis mit Kindern im Atelier

Auction 1200 - overview Cologne
01.06.2022, 18:00 - Evening Sale - Modern and Contemporary Art
Estimate: 20.000 € - 30.000 €
Result: 25.200 € (incl. premium)

Max Slevogt

Selbstbildnis mit Kindern im Atelier
1911

Oil on panel. 50 x 39.5 cm Framed. Titled and dated lower right with pencil 'Weihnachen 1911'. Estate stamp verso and inscribed by Wolfgang Slevogt with year of creation and estate number '144'.

In this vibrant study, the painter has presented himself at the easel wearing a fine suit and tie and equipped with a brush and palette. In the foreground he has depicted his two children, Nina and Wolfgang, whose poses and expressions range between curiosity and amusement. That same year, he created the larger family portrait with his wife and children which is to be found today at the Max-Slevogt-Galerie, Schloss “Villa Ludwigshöhe”, GDKE, Landesmuseum Mainz (“Familie Slevogt am Kornfeld”, in: exh. cat. Max Slevogt, Saarbrücken/Mainz 1992, cat. no. 97 with colour ill.).

Certificate

The painting is listed in the Estate inventory with no. 144.

We would like to thank Bernhard Geil for additional information.
We would like to thank Karoline Feulner, Max Slevogt-Forschungszentrum, GDKE, Landesmuseum Mainz and Nicole Hartje-Grave, Köln additional information.

Provenance

Estate Max Slevogt; thenceforth family property, Bavaria

Exhibitions

Kaiserslautern 1968 (Pfalzgalerie), Max Slevogt zum 100. Geburtstag, p. 26, cat.no. 96