MAX LIEBERMANN (GERMAN, 1847 - 1935)

BADENDE KNABEN IM MEER

Details

MAX LIEBERMANN (GERMAN, 1847 - 1935)
BADENDE KNABEN IM MEER
WITH THE STAMPED SIGNATURE 'M. LIEBERMAN' (LOWER LEFT)
OIL ON BOARD
15 X 18 IN. (38 X 45.5 CM.)
PAINTED IN 1899

Provenance

THE ARTIST (UNTIL 1923).
GALERIE THANNHAUSER, MUNICH/BERLIN (1923)
E. HANCKE, BERLIN (1937)

Literature

E. HANCKE, MAX LIEBERMANN. SEIN LEBEN UND SEINE WERKE, BERLIN, 1914, P. 538 (ILLUSTRATED P. 389).
E. HANCKE, MAX LIEBERMANN. SEIN LEBEN UND SEINE WERKE, BERLIN, 1923, P. 389 (ILLUSTRATED).
K. SCHEFFLER, 'MAX LIEBERMANN IN MNCHEN (AUSSTELLUNG BEI THANNHAUSER)', IN KUNST UND KNSTLER, VOL. XX1-8, APRIL 1923, P. 241.
KUNST UND KNSTLER, VOL. XXV, 1926-7, P. 376 (ILLUSTRATED).
M. EBERLE, MAX LIEBERMANN 1847-1935. WERKVERZEICHNIS DER GEMäLDE UND ÖLSTUDIEN, MUNICH, 1995, VOL. I, P. 516, NO. 1899/20 (ILLUSTRATED) (AS LOST AND UNSIGNED).

Exhibited

MUNICH, MODERNE GALERIE THANNHAUSER, MAX LIEBERMANN, 1923, NO. 20. ZURICH, KUNSTHAUS, MAX LIEBERMANN, 1923, NO. 48
BERN, KUNSTHALLE, MAX LIEBERMANN, 1937, NO. 156 (LISTED AS BEING FOR SALE)

Sale room notice

MATTHIAS EBERLE HAS KINDLY POINTED OUT THAT THE SIGNATURE (LOWER LEFT) IS THE OFFICIAL ESTATE STAMP AND FROM THIS IT IS KNOWN THAT THE WORK WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE ARTIST UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1935.

Lot Essay

BADENDE KNABEN IM MEER IS A STUDY FOR BADENDE KNABEN, PAINTED IN 1901 (EBERLE, 1900). THE POSITION OF THE TWO FIGURES IN THE FOREGROUND IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS IN THE FINISHED WORK; THE LIFEGUARD IN BETWEEN THEM IS STILL MISSING.
DISCUSSING THE WORK IN DETAIL, KARL SCHEFFLER WROTE THAT BADENDE KNABEN IM MEER WAS:EIN [...] MIT HöCHSTER UND LEBENDIGSTER KULTUR AUS GRAU, WEISS UND ZARTEN FLEISCHTöNEN AUFGEBAUTES BILD VON BADENDEN IN DER BRANDUNG (OP CIT P. 241).

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