Werner VON PIGAE (1888-1959), Aktstudie des Freundes Hr. Liebner / Nude study of his friend Mr. Liebner, Breslau, 1910 Technique: Chalk drawing on paper, drawn on cardboard, Signature: inscribed lower left 'Freund Liebner als Modell für Aktstudie, Breslau-1910', inscribed lower right 'Dickhute-Ecke Paulstraße', Dimensions: 65.5 x 44 cm, Condition: good, somewhat damaged at the margins, Literature: 'Werner v. Pigage - Ein Malerleben in Deutschland 1888-1954', catalog Hubert Vogler Collection - Claus Reisinger, Worms 2014, p. 64, SVR-010, Comment: Pigage was a German painter. After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Breslau under Arnold Busch, among others, he worked as a decorative painter and draughtsman from 1910. The nude offered here is from his time as a student in Wroclaw.

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