Mädchen mit Früchtekorb I

Details

Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943)
Mädchen mit Früchtekorb I
oil and India ink on glass
11 3/4 x 6 in. (30 x 15 cm.)
Executed circa 1940

Provenance

Richard Herre, Stuttgart, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Margot Kröner, Winterbach, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

K. von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer, Oeuvrekatalog der Gemälde, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Plastiken, Munich, 1979, no. G 685, p. 194 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie im Württembergischen Kunstverein, Oskar Schlemmer: der Maler, der Wandgestalter, der Plastiker, der Zeichner, der Graphiker, der Bu¨hnengestalter, der Lehrer, August - September 1977, no. 176; this exhibition later travelled to Hamburg, Kunstverein, October - November 1977.

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Lot Essay

This subject is closely related to the large scale wall painting Frühling, of the same year, one of a series of four large scale works depicting the seasons which Schlemmer painted for the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart (ibid., no. G 407).

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