Paula Modersohn-Becker
Studie nach einer Hand: Otto Modersohn (Hand Study: Otto Modersohn)
charcoal drawing 16,8 x 12,9 cm - - Im Passepartout-Ausschnitt minimal gebräunt.
According to kind information by Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker-Foundation, the drawing is a very early sketch by Paula Modersohn-Becker from 1893/1894. Therefore the sheet cannot be a portrait of Otto Modersohn.
Certificate
With a written confirmation by Christian Modersohn, dated December 13, 1998 to the previous owner.
We would like to thank Rainer Noeres, Otto Modersohn Museum Fischerhude, for additional information.
Provenance
Estate of Paula Modersohn-Becker; estate of Otto Modersohn; acquired ca. 1951/1952 from Christian Modersohn in Hindelang, since then in family possession
Literature
Georg Biermann, Paula Modersohn, in: Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte, vol. 41, Berlin/Bielefeld/Leipzig/Wien 1927, p. 494 with ill.