Wilhelm Lehmbruck - Zwei Verwundete II (Two Wounded II) - image-1

Lot 186 D

Wilhelm Lehmbruck - Zwei Verwundete II (Two Wounded II)

Auction 972 - overview Cologne
03.12.2010, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 3.600 € (incl. premium)

Lithograph on chamois colored firm wove paper 40.5 x 26 cm (48.2 x 31.6 cm), framed under glass. Signed W. Lehmbruck in pencil lower right and inscribed "Zwei stürmende getroffene Jünglinge" on margin. - Very rare if signed. - In accordance with confirmation by the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, this is an artist's proof which probably came directly into possession of Doris Schnitzler. The proofs described by Petermann are all estate proofs with the stamp and signature of Anita Lehmbruck. - Evenly browned within the mat opening with light-staining. On verso pasted on cardboard support along the edges.

Petermann L 2

Provenance

Formerly in the possession of Doris Schnitzler, Cologne; since then in family possession

Literature

August Hoff, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Leben und Werk, Berlin 1961, with ill. 109 ("Zwei stürmende getroffene Jünglinge", there dated 1916/1917)