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Selbstbildnis mit meinem Sohn Luca
Details
Conrad Felixmuller (1897-1977)
Selbstbildnis mit meinem Sohn Luca
signed and dated 'C.Felixmüller 1927.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
33¾ x 29¾ in. (85.7 x 75.4 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Selbstbildnis mit meinem Sohn Luca
signed and dated 'C.Felixmüller 1927.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
33¾ x 29¾ in. (85.7 x 75.4 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
The artist's estate (no. 397), and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 2008, lot 578.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Der Cicerone, Issue 9, vol. XX, 1928 (illustrated p. 319).
H. Spielmann, Conrad Felixmüller, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Cologne, 1996, no. 397 (illustrated p. 259).
H. Spielmann, Conrad Felixmüller, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Cologne, 1996, no. 397 (illustrated p. 259).
Exhibited
Nuremburg, Norishalle am Marientorgraben, Deutsche Kunst der Gegenwart, April - September 1928, no. 115 (illustrated p. 31).
Berlin, Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Conrad Felixmüller - Sonderausstellung, 1929 (illustrated on the frontispiece of the catalogue); this exhibition later travelled to Dresden, Stettin, Prague and Munich.
Chemnitz, Kunsthütte, Conrad Felixmüller, 1929.
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Conrad Felixmüller 1897-1977, October - December 1978, no. 53 (illustrated p. 42); this exhibition later travelled to Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, and Saarbrücken, Saarland Museum.
Papenburg, Rathaus, Conrad Felixmüller, 1979, no. 3.
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Conrad Felixmüller, Werke und Dokumente, December 1981 - January 1982, no. 65 (illustrated fig. 89, p. 107).
Hamburg, Galerie Brockstedt, Conrad Felixmüller - Gemälde - Aquarelle - Zeichnungen, March - April 1984, no. 19 (illustrated).
Göttingen, Kunstverein, Altes Rathaus, Conrad Felixmüller 1897-1977 - Querschnitt durch sein Werk, 1986, no. 6; this exhibition later travelled to Uelzen, Kunstverein, Schloss Holdenstedt.
Berlin, Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Conrad Felixmüller - Sonderausstellung, 1929 (illustrated on the frontispiece of the catalogue); this exhibition later travelled to Dresden, Stettin, Prague and Munich.
Chemnitz, Kunsthütte, Conrad Felixmüller, 1929.
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Conrad Felixmüller 1897-1977, October - December 1978, no. 53 (illustrated p. 42); this exhibition later travelled to Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, and Saarbrücken, Saarland Museum.
Papenburg, Rathaus, Conrad Felixmüller, 1979, no. 3.
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Conrad Felixmüller, Werke und Dokumente, December 1981 - January 1982, no. 65 (illustrated fig. 89, p. 107).
Hamburg, Galerie Brockstedt, Conrad Felixmüller - Gemälde - Aquarelle - Zeichnungen, March - April 1984, no. 19 (illustrated).
Göttingen, Kunstverein, Altes Rathaus, Conrad Felixmüller 1897-1977 - Querschnitt durch sein Werk, 1986, no. 6; this exhibition later travelled to Uelzen, Kunstverein, Schloss Holdenstedt.
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