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Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
Bildnis Senator Brünings
Details
Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
Bildnis Senator Brünings
signed and dated 'Edv. Munch 1919' (upper right)
oil on canvas
41¾ x 30 1/8 in. (106.1 x 76.5 cm.)
Painted in 1919
Bildnis Senator Brünings
signed and dated 'Edv. Munch 1919' (upper right)
oil on canvas
41¾ x 30 1/8 in. (106.1 x 76.5 cm.)
Painted in 1919
Provenance
Galerie Lutz & Co., Berlin.
Hamburger Kunsthalle (acquired from the above, 1923; confiscated by the National Socialist Government on 21 August 1937 as an example of Entartete Kunst "Degenerate Art"). Harold Holst Halvorsen, Oslo (acquired from the above, 1937).
Dr. Lutjens, Amsterdam.
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 4 July 1973, lot 95.
Hamburger Kunsthalle (acquired from the above, 1923; confiscated by the National Socialist Government on 21 August 1937 as an example of Entartete Kunst "Degenerate Art"). Harold Holst Halvorsen, Oslo (acquired from the above, 1937).
Dr. Lutjens, Amsterdam.
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 4 July 1973, lot 95.
Literature
"Kunstausstellungen", Kunst und Künstler, no. XXI, vol. VIII, May 1923, p. 245 (illustrated).
Kunsthalle zu Hamburg, ed., Katalog der Neueren Meister, Hamburg, 1926, p. 290, no. 2309 (illustrated; titled Herrenbildnis).
Kunsthalle zu Hamburg, ed., Katalog der Neueren Meister, Hamburg, 1926, p. 290, no. 2309 (illustrated; titled Herrenbildnis).
Exhibited
Oslo, Harald Holst Halvorsen, Edvard Munch, 1951-1952, p. 40.
Kunstmuseum Berne, Edvard Munch, October-November 1958, p. 25, no. 76 (titled Bildnis eines Herrn (Direktor Brünings)).
Ridklinghausen, Kunsthalle, Die Handschrift des Künstlers, 1959, no. 224.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Entartete Kunst, 1962, no. 119.
Schaffhausen, Museum Allerheiligen, Edvard Munch, 1968, no. 79.
Kunstmuseum Berne, Edvard Munch, October-November 1958, p. 25, no. 76 (titled Bildnis eines Herrn (Direktor Brünings)).
Ridklinghausen, Kunsthalle, Die Handschrift des Künstlers, 1959, no. 224.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Entartete Kunst, 1962, no. 119.
Schaffhausen, Museum Allerheiligen, Edvard Munch, 1968, no. 79.