AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
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AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)

Kolonnade mit Segelboot II

Details
AUGUST MACKE (1887-1914)
Kolonnade mit Segelboot II
signed 'Aug. Macke 1914' (lower right); signed again and inscribed 'Aug. Macke, Bonn, Bornheimerstr 88' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
14 x 10 in. (35.5 x 25.3 cm.)
Painted in Hilterfingen in 1913-1914
Provenance
Richard & Anna Koehler (née Schröter), Berlin, by whom acquired directly from the artist in May 1914.
Elisabeth (née Koehler) & Walter Encke, Berlin, probably by descent from the above in November 1936, and until at least 1947.
Dr Schmidt-Ott, Wuppertal, by 1949, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
The Artist's Handlist, no. 62, p. 8.
G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1953, cat. no. 438, p. 291 (with inverted dimensions).
G. Vriesen, August Macke, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 438, p. 332 (illustrated).
U. Heiderich, August Macke, Aquarelle, Werkverzeichnis, Ostfildern, 1997, p. 38 (illustrated fig. 72, p. 39).
U. Heiderich, August Macke, Der hellste und reinste Klang der Farbe, Ostfildern, 2008, no. 80, p. 96 (illustrated p. 99).
U. Heiderich, August Macke, Gemälde, Werkverzeichnis, Ostfildern, 2008, no. 529, pp. 97 & 492 (illustrated pp. 97, 235 & 493).
Exhibited
Berlin, Kleine Galerie Walter Schüler, Franz Marc, August Macke, Paul A. Seehaus: aus der Sammlung Bernhard Koehler, March 1947, no. 19 (titled 'Kolonnaden in Thun').
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, August Macke, December 1953 - February 1954, no. 44 (titled 'Colonnade en zeilboot 55').
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, August Macke, February - March 1954, no. 18 (titled 'Colonnade en zeilboot 55').
Zurich, Kunsthaus, August Macke, April - May 1954, no. 40.
Hamburg, Kunstverein, August Macke, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, December 1968 - February 1969; this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, February - March 1969, no. 89 (illustrated p. 98).
Thun, Kunstmuseum, August Macke und die Schweiz, May - September 2013, no. 37, pp. 27-28 & 184 (detail illustrated on the cover; illustrated again p. 75); this exhibition later travelled to Bonn, August Macke Haus, October 2013 - January 2014.

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