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Sun 28 Apr

Christian Rohlfs (1849 Niendorf - 1938 Hagen) "Red seascape". Original title This characteristic sheet from 1933 shows a stylized view from Ascona across Lake Maggiore to the opposite shore on the Italian side with the surrounding mountains. It comes from a series of landscapes whose light colors and high degree of abstraction are reminiscent of William Turner's almost 100 previously created seascapes. According to Prof. Dr. Paul Vogt, the sheet was "probably created from memory in the Hagen studio in the winter of 1933." For health reasons, the important German Expressionist had lived in Ascona in the Swiss canton of Ticino for most of the year since 1927. In the Weimar Republic, Rohlfs was a highly respected artist - in 1919, a large special exhibition was held in the National Gallery in Berlin to celebrate his 70th birthday, and in 1924 he was honored in Berlin with membership of the Prussian Academy of Arts. The initially contradictory art policy of the National Socialists tolerated the art of Rohlfs, who did not hold a teaching post, to a certain extent until 1937. In 1935, a lengthy, laudatory article about Rohlfs, written by Hans Pels-Leusden and featuring expressionist paintings - "a giant of forms, a magician of color" - was allowed to appear in the authoritative art magazine "Die Kunst für alle" on his 85th birthday. The last Rohlfs exhibitions took place in 1937 - at the Alex Vömel Gallery in Düsseldorf ("Watercolors from Ticino") and at the Ferdinand Moeller Gallery in Berlin ("New Watercolors [...]"). In the same year, however, Rohlfs also fell completely under the verdict of being "degenerate" and was one of the ostracized artists of modernism. As part of the state-organized "Degenerate Art" campaign, over 500 of his works were confiscated from German museums in 1937, he was banned from exhibiting and was expelled from the Academy of Arts on 7 January 1938, one day before his death. "Die Weltkunst" then reported only briefly on Rohlfs' death. In 1939, works by Rohlfs were among the "paintings and sculptures by modern masters from German museums" auctioned by the Fischer Galerie in Lucerne (alongside many other works by French and German modernists). Water tempera and colored chalk/washed Italian laid paper. R. u. monogr. and dat. "CR 33". Verso inscribed with wvz. no. 33/10 and titled "Rote Seelandschaft". 38 cm x 56 cm. Frame. Enclosed: Confirmation of authenticity by Prof. Dr. Paul Vogt, Estate of Christian Rohlfs, Essen, 04.06.2005. Wvz. Vogt 33/10 (incorrectly titled "Rot-grüne Seelandschaft" in the catalogue raisonné); the work is listed under "Nachtr. Inv. CR 432/08". Provenance: Ketterer, Munich, 06.12.2002, lot 87. Tempera and colored chalk on laid Italian paper. Monogrammed and dated "CR 33". Mentioned in the catalogue raisonné by Vogt. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Prof. Dr. Paul Vogt, Essen, 2005.

Estim. 33 000 - 66 000 EUR

Sun 28 Apr

Maurice Utrillo (1883 Paris - 1955 Dax) "Rue Saint-Rustique sous la neige" (Rue Saint-Rustique in the snow). Original title View of Paris painted around 1933/34 with a view of the street in Montmartre and the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur glowing white in the background. From around 1912, Utrillo repeatedly painted the picturesque alley located on the highest point of the Montmartre hill in different versions and techniques from varying angles in landscape and portrait format. The historic, oldest street in Paris, with its cobblestones and small houses leading up to Sacré-Coeur, offered him a fascinating wealth of motifs. Utrillo himself was born in the artists' quarter of Montmartre as the son of Suzanne Valadon, who was only 18 years old, a muse, model and later an important painter in her own right. He experienced psychological crises as a teenager and fell prey to alcohol - an addiction that haunted him throughout his life. Valadon, Edgar Degas and the painter Alphonse Quizet encouraged him to paint himself, and art also became a therapy for him against his own demons and alcohol. In the years 1910 to 1914, he found his own individual, expressive-realistic style beyond all artistic trends. His main subjects were Paris and in particular Montmartre, where he lived and worked. Unlike many of his fellow artists, Utrillo had never completed a classical training in painting. Yet it was precisely this that enabled him, as a self-taught artist, to depict the streets, urban canyons and squares with an originally raw power, often with only a few, but nevertheless virtuosically confident brushstrokes. These form a structuring, formally strict framework, whereby Utrillo's creative phases can be distinguished from one another less by their painting style than by their different coloring. Even before the I. Utrillo was represented in important exhibitions of modern art in Paris and Germany even before the First World War, including at Hans Goltz's "Neue Kunst" gallery in Munich in 1913/14. This triumphal march continued in the 1920s, Utrillo achieved increasing fame and popularity among collectors and critics, which continues to this day, so that in 1926 he finally had "Paris at his feet", as Oskar Schürer wrote in his article on Utrillo in the authoritative magazine "Die Kunst für Alle" (with illustration of a painting "Strasse St. Rustique"). Gouache/cardboard. Signed a. with location Montmartre. 48 cm x 62 cm. Frame. Wvz. Pétridès AG 612. Hélène Bruneau, Association Maurice Utrillo in Pierrefitte sur Seine, confirmed the authenticity of the work in an email on 23.12.2022. Provenance: Auction Grisebach, Berlin, 28.11.1997, lot 55. Gouache on cardboard. Signed with location Montmartre. Mentioned in the catalogue raisonné (Pétrides no. AG 612). The authenticity was confirmed in an email by Hélène Bruneau, Association Maurice Utrillo on the 23rd December 2022.

Estim. 75 000 - 150 000 EUR

Sun 28 Apr

Lotte Laserstein (1898 Prussian-Holland - 1993 Kalmar/Sweden) Girl or young woman, head resting on arms Skillful, fleeting sketch of a young woman with short hair, resting her head in her arms. The study sheet, taken from a sketchbook, can be attributed to the artist's Swedish work and was probably created in the 1960s or early 1970s. Lotte Laserstein studied under the Impressionist and member of the Berlin Secession Leo von König and graduated with distinction from Erich Wolfsfeld in Berlin in 1927 as one of the first female graduates ever. In the years that followed, Laserstein was successful with her expressive portraits of mainly young, modern women in the New Objectivity style, such as her close friend Traute Rose. After a rapid rise and numerous exhibition participations, she was excluded from art life by the National Socialists from 1933 and threatened because of her Jewish descent. Laserstein therefore decided to take advantage of an exhibition of her works in Stockholm in 1937 to leave Germany with the majority of her paintings and emigrate to Sweden, where she lived in Stockholm and from 1954 in Kalmar/Småland. Pencil drawing/velin (sketchbook). Signed lower right; 14.7 cm x 21 cm. Frame. Enclosed: Expertise by Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse, Berlin, February 2024. We would like to thank Dr. Krausse for the scientific information on this work, which is registered in the Lotte-Laserstein-Archiv Krausse, Berlin. Pencil on paper. Signed. The study is registered in the Lotte Laserstein archive Krausse and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse, Berlin 2024.

Estim. 3 300 - 6 600 EUR

Sun 28 Apr

Lotte Laserstein (1898 Prussian-Holland - 1993 Kalmar/Sweden) Young woman sitting at a table, head resting in her hands Fleetingly captured depiction of a young woman with short hair, leaning her head in her hands and gazing thoughtfully at a sheet of paper on the table in front of her. Laserstein's sheet, captured with rapid brushstrokes and taken from a sketchbook, was probably created in the 1960s and can therefore be assigned to the artist's Swedish oeuvre. It is possibly a preparatory work for a portrait of the artist, who was a student of Leo von König and graduated with distinction from Erich Wolfsfeld in Berlin in 1927 as one of the first female graduates ever. Specializing in portraits in the New Objectivity style, her works, with which she participated in the academy exhibitions, among others, received great recognition. The artist preferred to depict young, modern women far removed from any kind of ladylike representation. Due to her Jewish descent, she emigrated to Sweden in 1937, where she first settled in Stockholm and from 1954 in Kalmar/Småland. Pencil drawing/velin (sketchbook). Signed and signed; 21 cm x 14.8 cm. Frame. Enclosed: Expertise by Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse, Berlin, February 2024. We would like to thank Dr. Krausse for the scientific information on this work, which is registered in the Lotte-Laserstein-Archiv Krausse, Berlin. Pencil on paper. Signed. The study is registered in the Lotte Laserstein archive Krausse and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse, Berlin 2024.

Estim. 3 300 - 6 600 EUR

Sun 28 Apr

Serge Poliakoff (1906 Moscow - 1969 Paris) "Composition grise et noire" (Composition in gray and black). Original title This asymmetrical composition, created in 1959, is representative of Poliakoff's oeuvre and consists of graduated, light silver-grey to almost black surfaces. Poliakoff's works consist of simple, juxtaposed, almost structureless, pure areas of color, whereby their free arrangement and renunciation of geometric strictness corresponded entirely to the artist's lyrical and musical personality. In our composition, too, the surfaces harmonize with each other; although formally separate, they are inseparably linked in a remarkable, intrinsic balance. Poliakoff, one of the most important representatives of the "École des Paris", emigrated to Paris in 1923. From 1935 onwards, he gradually moved towards abstraction, with color and surface becoming his sole means of expression. He was decisively influenced by Kandinsky, whom he met in 1937. Through Sonja and Robert Delaunay he recognized the emotive effect of color and simultaneous contrasts, Otto Freundlich inspired him with his curved "colour-form compositions". In 1938 Poliakoff exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants for the first time, in 1945 the Galerie l'Esquisse held its first exhibition of Poliakoff's abstract paintings, and in 1946 Poliakoff took part in the first Salon des Réalités nouvelles. In the following years, Poliakoff achieved his international breakthrough with his puzzle-like and carpet-like compositions of adjacent, vibrating color surfaces. In 1959 and 1964 he took part in documenta I and II; in 1960 Poliakoff was given a solo exhibition in the Bern Kunsthalle with 137 pictures; in 1962 he even had his own room dedicated to him at the Venice Biennale. By the mid-1960s, Poliakoff was one of the most famous and important painters of his generation. Gouache/paper. Signed lower right; 47 cm x 63 cm. Frame. Provenance: Galerie Sacchetti, Ascona; Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, and Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm (merged in 1973); auction "Contemporary Art", Sotheby's, London, 03.07.1998, lot 226; Galerie Neher, Essen; German private collection. Enclosed: Certificate of authenticity by Alexis Poliakoff, Archives Serge Polikakoff, Paris, 01.09.2000 (dated 1958). The authenticity was confirmed by Thadée Poliakoff, Archives Serge Poliakoff, Paris, in a recent e-mail on 16.02.2024; it is registered in the archive under no. 858083 and listed in the Catalogue raisonné, vol. III (1959-1962), with no. 59-196 for the year 1959. Gouache on paper. Signed. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Alexis Poliakoff, 1st of September 2000. The artwork is published in the catalogue raisonné, volume III, no. 59-196. It is registrated by the Archives Serge Poliakoff, Paris, under no. 858083. The authenticity was recently confirmed by the Archives Serge Poliakoff in a mail from 16th of February 2024.

Estim. 48 000 - 96 000 EUR

Sun 28 Apr

Corneille (Cornelis Guillaume Beverloo) (1922 Liège (Liège) - 2010 Auvers-sur-Oise) Untitled (Children Playing with Dogs) Imaginative, expressive, stylistically typical work by the artist, who studied at the Academy in Amsterdam from 1940 to 1943, characterized by strong colors and contrasting black contours. Together with Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Constant, Asger Jorn and K. O. Götz, he belonged to the legendary avant-garde artists' group "CoBrA", which had set itself the task of breaking with the conventional understanding of art. In 1950, Corneille moved to Paris, where he lived and worked for the most part until his death. Under the influence of the impressions he gathered on his travels to Asia, South America and Africa, the artist further reduced form and color in his oeuvre and was thus able to further increase expressivity. He took part in documenta II and III (1959 and 1964) in Kassel and is considered one of the most important Dutch artists of the post-war period. His works are represented in international museums and collections such as the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but his works are also very popular with private collectors. Watercolor and gouache over pencil/paper, mounted on cardboard. Signed and dated (lower right). (19)51. Gallery label verso. Approx. 60 cm x 50 cm. Frame. Provenance: Galerie Roche, Bremen. Watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, laid down on cardboard. Signed and dated (19)51. Gallery label on the reverse.

Estim. 6 500 - 13 000 EUR

Sun 28 Apr

Pablo Picasso and André Verdet (1881 Málaga - 1973 Mougins and 1913 Nice - 2004 Saint-Paul-de-Vence) "Pour un nouveau printemps de Pablo Picasso. Au depens d'un amateur". Original title Portfolio with text by Verdet on loose sheets ("Aquarelle Arches papier torchon"), printed at the Imprimerie Meyerbeer, Nice 1963. "HC" copy outside the trade (edition of 79 copies). With a signed and 1965 dat. Original watercolor by Verdet. On a framed flyleaf the dedication "Pour notre charmante ami Sarah Chauvin - mille saluts solairs (/) A. Verdet (1965)" as well as the corresponding large signature with Picasso's drawing of sunbeams in colored chalk. Without the Picasso color lithograph mentioned in the printer's note. The original binding jointly designed by André Verdet and Jean Chabert, in their studios in Cousegoules, made of reed grass with mounted abstract composition of black maroquin applications. Original wooden box with sliding clasp, lined with suede. Leaves and Verdet watercolor approx. 38 cm x 28.5 cm; cassette 40.5 cm x 31.8 cm x 5.5 cm). Portfolio "Pour un nouveau printemps de Pablo Picasso (...)" printed by Meyerbeer, Nice 1963. Loose sheets as issued in original raffia cover with black leather inlays by André Verdet and Jean Chabert. HC-copy aside from the limited small edition of 79. Original suede-lined wooden box. With framed dedication by André Verdet (dated 1965) and large signature and drawing by Pablo Picasso in colored chalks (crayons) on preliminary blank.

Estim. 4 800 - 9 600 EUR

Sun 28 Apr

Klaus Fußmann (1938 Velbert/Rhineland - Active in Berlin and Gelting) Dahlias A garden still life painted with an expressively luminous palette and a powerful, broad style by Fußmann, who since 1977 has intensively explored the pictorial theme of the flower still life, preferably with garden flowers, thus following the tradition of Emil Nolde. Fußmann studied at the Folkwang School in Essen from 1957 to 1961 and at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts from 1962 to 1966. In 1972, he found his painter's paradise in Gelting, Schleswig-Holstein, and has been commuting between the Baltic Sea and Berlin ever since. In the same year, Fußmann was awarded the Villa Romana Prize and exhibited at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, which was his breakthrough. From 1974-2005 he taught as a professor at the Berlin Art Academy. After numerous solo exhibitions, his oeuvre was shown in comprehensive exhibitions on the occasion of his 70th and 80th birthday, including at the Schleswig-Holstein State Museum of Art and Cultural History in Gottorf Castle and the Museum Barberini in Potsdam. The central motifs of his paintings, watercolors and prints are, in addition to the Schleswig-Holstein landscape, in particular spring and summer flowers as well as details from his garden in Gelting, often with intense colors. Watercolor and oil on paper, signed and dated on bottom right. (20)21. Approx. 41.5 cm x 55 cm. Frame. Watercolor and oil on paper. Signed and dated (20)21.

Estim. 6 000 - 12 000 EUR
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