Lot 3201 - Z40 Art Impressionniste & Moderne - vendredi, 24. juin 2016, 14h00
MAX LIEBERMANN
(1847 Berlin 1935)
Standing girl - Study to Schulgang in Laren. 1897.
Oil on panel.
Monogrammed lower right: M.L.
Hand-written inscription of the artist on the reverse: "Studie ist eine / eigenhändige ältere Arbeit / von mir. / Wannsee-Berlin 13/8.24 / Dr. h.c. Liebermann".
Hand-written inscription of the artist on the reverse: "Studie ist eine / eigenhändige ältere Arbeit / von mir. / Wannsee-Berlin 13/8.24 / Dr. h.c. Liebermann".
32 x 21 cm.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Prof. Eberle, Berlin, 5 May 2016.
Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature: Cf. Eberle, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Ölstudien 1865-1899, p. 472, no. 1897/16.
The present work is a study for the painting from 1898, "Schulgang in Laren", which Liebermann created in two versions, one slightly smaller and one slightly larger (presently hanging in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg). The girl portrayed here belongs to a group of determined school children on their way to class. She is wearing the mandatory school uniform, and intent in her purpose, her back is turned to the viewer.
Liebermann created various figure studies for the paintings, including the study offered here. The girl portrayed in the present work is already included in the first coloured compositional sketch. She is one of the first figures that Liebermann planned for his image. There is a second, similar study which also shows the neighbour next to our girl. The two studies are both very similar and were probably created right before the final painting. In contrast to others, the present study has been well developed, recognisable in the fact that the figure is already enveloped in the patchwork of light. This same patchwork, as well as the palette of green-brown colours employed by Liebermann, are characteristic of the artist and are found repeatedly in his oeuvre.
Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature: Cf. Eberle, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Ölstudien 1865-1899, p. 472, no. 1897/16.
The present work is a study for the painting from 1898, "Schulgang in Laren", which Liebermann created in two versions, one slightly smaller and one slightly larger (presently hanging in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg). The girl portrayed here belongs to a group of determined school children on their way to class. She is wearing the mandatory school uniform, and intent in her purpose, her back is turned to the viewer.
Liebermann created various figure studies for the paintings, including the study offered here. The girl portrayed in the present work is already included in the first coloured compositional sketch. She is one of the first figures that Liebermann planned for his image. There is a second, similar study which also shows the neighbour next to our girl. The two studies are both very similar and were probably created right before the final painting. In contrast to others, the present study has been well developed, recognisable in the fact that the figure is already enveloped in the patchwork of light. This same patchwork, as well as the palette of green-brown colours employed by Liebermann, are characteristic of the artist and are found repeatedly in his oeuvre.
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