• Christies auction house James Christie logo

    Sale 7600

    Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale

    London

    |

    25 June 2008

    Browse Sale
Previous Lot
Search
Next Lot
    • Gabriele Münter (1877-1962)
    Lot 569

    Gabriele Münter (1877-1962)

    Bauernhof

    Price realised

    GBP 145,250

    Estimate

    GBP 120,000 - GBP 160,000

    Follow lot
    Add to Interests

    Gabriele Münter (1877-1962)
    Bauernhof
    dated '08' (lower left); with the Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
    oil on board
    13 x 16 1/8 in. (33 x 40.9 cm.)
    Painted in 1908

    Provenance

    The artist's estate (no. L 182).
    Galerie Resch, Gauting.
    Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner, and thence by descent.

    Contact us

    • Contact Client Service

      info@christies.com

      New York +1 212 636 2000

      London +44 (0)20 7839 9060

      infoasia@christies.com

      Asia +852 2760 1766

    Lot Essay

    The Gabriele Münter-und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.

    Other information

    Special Notice

    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.


    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

    Recommended features

      • Live like a Rockefeller — Pabl
      • Live like a Rockefeller — Pablo Picasso’s Pomme

        Jonathan Rendell, Christie’s ’story teller’ for The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, looks at a painting that gives him ‘goose-bumps’

      • From Gertrude Stein to the Roc
      • From Gertrude Stein to the Rockefellers: The collecting of modernist masterpieces

        Impressionist & Modern specialists Max Carter and Jessica Fertig on how works collected by Gertrude Stein came to be acquired by Peggy and David Rockefeller

      • German Expressionism: An essen
      • German Expressionism: An essential guide

        The early 20th-century movement that featured Heckel, Kandinsky and Klee, and which continues to influence artists working today

      • Collecting Guide: Picasso 
      • Collecting Guide: Picasso ceramics

        Christie's specialists offer tips on buying and collecting, from what to look for in a glaze to how to read hidden stamps and markings

      • Antenna: The enduring friendsh
      • Antenna: The enduring friendship of Hepburn and Givenchy

        Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith​ traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration

      • ‘Capturing a feeling of creati
      • ‘Capturing a feeling of creation’: Jeff Koons on Play-Doh

        The artist tells us about his meticulous recreation of a child’s toy in a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014

Share
Email
Copy link
Share
Email
Copy link