Lot Essay
Executed circa 1911-1913.
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Improvisation
Details
Konrad Cramer (1888-1963)
Improvisation
oil on board laid down on board
16 x 18¾ in. (40.7 x 47.7 cm)
Improvisation
oil on board laid down on board
16 x 18¾ in. (40.7 x 47.7 cm)
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Zabriskie Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Reed, New Jersey.
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 1980.
Zabriskie Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Reed, New Jersey.
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 1980.
Literature
A.A. Davidson, Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935, New York, 1981, p. 154, fig. 86, illustrated.
G. Levin, "Konrad Cramer Link from the German to the American Avant Garde," Arts Magazine, 1982, p. 145, illustrated.
G. Levin, "Konrad Cramer Link from the German to the American Avant Garde," Arts Magazine, 1982, p. 145, illustrated.
Exhibited
San Diego, California, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Color and Form, 1909-1914, November 1971-Janaury 1972, no. 6 (and traveling).
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Milton and Sally Avery Center for the Arts, The Bard College Center, Konrad Cramer: A Retrospective, November 1981-January 1982, pl. 5, illustrated (and traveling).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Konrad Cramer: The Abstract Work, March-May 1984.
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Inc., Mabel Dodge: The Salon Years, 1912-1917, September-November 1985, pl. 1, illustrated.
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Masterpieces of American Modernism: The Rambach Collection, January-April 1998, illustrated.
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Milton and Sally Avery Center for the Arts, The Bard College Center, Konrad Cramer: A Retrospective, November 1981-January 1982, pl. 5, illustrated (and traveling).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Konrad Cramer: The Abstract Work, March-May 1984.
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Inc., Mabel Dodge: The Salon Years, 1912-1917, September-November 1985, pl. 1, illustrated.
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Masterpieces of American Modernism: The Rambach Collection, January-April 1998, illustrated.