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August Macke - Charcoal
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August Macke
Zaun und Baum, 1914
Charcoal
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€ 5,400
Estimate:
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135
August Macke
Zaun und Baum, 1914
Charcoal
Starting bid:
€ 5,400
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
End: 07-15-26 16:07:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:07:00 New York
07-15-26 07:07:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 19h:02m)

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
Zaun und Baum. 1914.
Charcoal.
Dated, titled, and inscribed with the place of origin on the reverse by another hand, along with the estate stamp (Lugt 1775b), where it is inscribed “TuZ 40” by another hand. With another estate stamp (Lugt 1775b), as well as inscxribed “TuZ 40” by another hand, and other inscriptions by another hand underneath the mount. On smooth paper. 15.5 x 10.5 cm (6.1 x 4.1 in), size of sheet.
Page from Sketchbook No. 63. [MH].
• August Macke is considered one of the most famous painters of German Expressionism and an important member of the “Blauer Reiter.”
• With just a few strokes, Macke impressively captures this landscape scene on paper.
• Created only a short time before Macke fell in battle in Champagne on September 16, 1914.

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. 2585.
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Ursula Heiderich, August Macke. Die Skizzenbücher, Stuttgart 1987, p. 1085, p. 1095.
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 7th Auction, June 6, 1972, lot 1018.

In good condition. Slightly and evenly discolored. Remnants of mounting on the reverse, very slightly visible on the recto.