Seated nude

Details

Rudolf Ausleger (German, 1897-1974)
Seated nude
signed and dated 'R Ausleger/27' (lower centre)
oil on canvas laid down on plywood
54.5 x 44.5 cm.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve and will be sold to the highest bidder. Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

In 1916 Ausleger befriended Georg Tappert. With him he participated in several group-exhibitions of the Novembergruppe. Since most of Ausleger's early work has been destroyed in the World War II, his work of the 1920s is rare.

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