Oil on cardboard 64.1 x 47.3/47.6 cm, framed. Dated Unten rechts rotbraun datiert 05. - Dated 05 in reddish brown lower right. - On reverse at upper left half of composition confirmed by Otto Modersohn in pencil in German script: "I hereby confirm that this picture “Child with fruit“ originates from the hand of Paula Modersohn-Becker". - On reverse at upper left with an old paper label fragment and further figures, partly illegible, as well as with the underlined monogramme "OM". - The cardboard slightly irregularly cut and somewhat wavy, with few older retouchings; professionally restored.
Busch 591; Pauli (1922) 62 a; Otto Modersohn Verzeichnis (1921) 15
Catalogue Raisonné
Busch 591; Pauli (1922) 62 a; Otto Modersohn Verzeichnis (1921) 15
Certificate
With a photo-certificate by Günter Busch, Bremen, dated 8 February 1989 (in copy)
Provenance
Otto Modersohn; private possession, Zwickau in Bohemia (1923); Galerie Hermann Abels, Cologne (1930s); private possession; Galerie Neher, Essen (1984); private collection Northrhine-Westfalia
Literature
Gustav Pauli, Paula Modersohn-Becker, München 1922 (2nd ed.), nr. 62 a; Galerie Hermann Abels, Katalog Meisterwerke deutscher Kunst, Cologne without year (Kind mit Apfel/Child with Apple)
Exhibitions
Bremen 1920 (Kunsthalle Bremen), Gedächtnis-Ausstellung Paula Modersohn-Becker, Journal der Bremer Kunsthalle nr. 649; Berlin/ Dresden/ Hannover 1922 (Kronprinzenpalais/ Galerie Emil Richter/ Kestner-Gesellschaft), Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gemälde, Pastelle, Zeichnungen (without cat.); Düsseldorf 1970/1971 (Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig), cat. p. 52 with ill.