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3200 - Arnold Böcklin
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Arnold Böcklin (Basel 1827–1901 San Domenico) Mother of God (first version for the central panel of the triptych “Mariensage,” which has been missing since 1945). 1888. Tempera on wood. Monogrammed “AB” in the lower right corner, likely added later by his son Carlo Böcklin. 90.5 x 31.5 cm. With a beautiful original tabernacle frame. Provenance (according to the catalog raisonné): - German private collection, 1898 (?) - Hermes & Co. Art Gallery, Frankfurt (Main). - 1899 E. A. Fleischmann Art Gallery, Munich (?). - Berlin Secession, Berlin, 1900 (?) - Munich Secession, Munich, 1900, No. 17. - Eduard Schulte Art Gallery, Berlin, 1901. - Prof. Dr. H. Tondury, Chemin de l’Escalade 3, Geneva (?) (Note by Hans Holenweg, undated) - Eduard Sturzenegger, St. Gallen (d. 1932), bequeathed to the City of St. Gallen. - Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Sturzenegger Painting Collection, 1932. - Auction at Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, May 13–16, 1936, Lot 2084, with illustration on Plate XXXI, returned to the Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, 1936. - Walter Egger, Aarwangen (Canton of Bern). - Eisenhut heirs, Canton of Bern, after 1936. - Auction at Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, November 24–28, 1970, Lot 2478, unillustrated, returned to the Eisenhut heirs. - Through the mediation of Dr. Paul Fischer to Hans Holenweg, Pratteln, 1973. - By inheritance, now in a private Swiss collection. Bibliography: - Schmid, Heinrich Alfred, *Adolf Böcklin*, Munich 1903, No. 363 (first version of the central panel). - Berger, E., Böcklin’s Technique, Munich 1906, p. 130. - Runkel, Ferdinand, Böcklin, Memoirs. Diary Entries by Böcklin’s Wife Angela. With the Complete Correspondence, Berlin 1910, p. 328. - Frey, Adolf, Arnold Böcklin, Based on the Memoirs of His Zurich Friends, Stuttgart 1912, p. 95. - H. A. Schmid, Arnold Böcklin: Hand-Drawn Sketches, Munich 1921, p. 25 (text accompanying Plate 69). - Barth, Wilhelm, Arnold Böcklin, Frauenfeld 1928, p. 45. - Exhibition Cat. “Arnold Böcklin 1827–1901,” Kunstmuseum Basel, 1977, no. 179, p. 211. - Andree, Rolf, Arnold Böcklin: The Paintings, Basel/Munich, 1977, No. 422, p. 490ff. On the lost version, see: - Schmid, Heinrich Alfred, Adolf Böcklin, Munich 1919, p. 37 and plate 90. Exhibition: - Arnold Böcklin 1827–1901, Exhibition Marking the 150th Anniversary of His Birth, Kunstmuseum Basel, June 11–Sept. 11, 1977, no. 179, p. 211.
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