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August Macke
Krüge und Apfelschale, 1912
Pencil
Starting bid:
€ 5,400
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
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128
August Macke
Krüge und Apfelschale, 1912
Pencil
Starting bid:
€ 5,400
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
End: 07-15-26 16:03:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:03:00 New York
07-15-26 07:03:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 20h:19m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request).
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 67,04 €,
within the EU countries 115,27 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


August Macke
1887 - 1914
Krüge und Apfelschale. 1912.
Pencil.
With the estate stamp (Lugt 1775b) on the reverse, as well as inscribed with the date and “Krug und Äpfeln” by another hand. With another estate stzamp underneath the mount (Lugt 1775b), inscribed “BZ 6/8” and additional inscriptions by another hand. On wove paper. 8 x 11 cm (3.1 x 4.3 in), the full sheet.
[MH].

• August Macke is one of the most significant German Expressionists and a member of the “Blauer Reiter”.
• The motif is closely related to his painting “Still Life with Jug, Apples, and Orange”.
• Part of the same private collection for over 50 years.

PROVENANCE: Estate of August Macke.
Private collection, Southern Germany (1972, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, acquired from the above)
In the family’s possession ever since.

LITERATURE: Ursula Heiderich, August Macke. Zeichnungen. Werkverzeichnis, Stuttgart 1993, CR no. 1174 (with ill. p. 405).
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Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 7th Auction, June 6, 1972, lot 1011 (with ill.).

In good condition. All in all slightly discolored.