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live November 28 | 11:00 AM
Bassenge

8150 - Ackermann, Max

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€300

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Estimation

€450

Sale fees

33%

Ackermann, Max Untitled (Three Girls) Pencil on vellum. 1938. 16 x 25 cm. Monogrammed “M.A.” in pencil and dated on the lower right; signed “Max Ackermann” on the reverse and dated again. Figurative and abstract elements coexist in balance and merge in the clearly defined facial and bodily details of the three girls, which are reduced to abbreviated forms. Shortly before this, in 1937, Ackermann’s representational works had been confiscated at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart as so-called “degenerate art” (see max-ackermann-archiv.de, accessed September 22, 2026). Provenance: Karl & Faber, Munich, auction June 11, 2011, Lot 700 Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia - Please request condition reports for the lots, as the condition is usually not listed in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.

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Auction details

Modern and Contemporary Art II
Saturday, November 28
11:00 AM
Erdener Strasse 5A
14193 Berlin, Germany

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Bassenge +49 3 08 93 80 290 info@bassenge.com
On Drouot for 2 years avec More than 21,000 lots published

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