Birkenallee im Wannseegarten

Details

MAX LIEBERMANN (1847-1935)
Birkenallee im Wannseegarten
signed 'M Liebermann' (lower right)
pastel on paper
11 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30 x 23.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1918

Provenance

Private collection, Germany; sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 26 November 1982, lot 998.
Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie's, London, 7 October 1999, lot 24.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

Further details

Please note that the authenticity of this lot has been kindly confirmed by Dr. Margreet Nouwen.

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Lot Essay

The present pastel depicts the garden of Max Liebermann's house, built for him in 1909, by architect Paul Otto Baumgarten, on the banks of Berlin’s Lake Wannsee. The same view appears in various, well-celebrated oil paintings (Eberle 1918/19-21 and 1919/24). Liebermann loved his villa and its garden so much, he decided to illustrate them on the header of his letter paper.

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