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Dr Peter Assmann has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Dr. Annegret Hoberg, Kubin-Archiv, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Die Löwenjagd
Details
Alfred Kubin (1877-1959)
Die Löwenjagd
signed 'AKubin' (lower right) and inscribed 'Die Löwenjagd' (lower left)
watercolour and pen and India ink on cadastre paper
12 x 14 ¾ in. (30.2 x 37.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1922
Die Löwenjagd
signed 'AKubin' (lower right) and inscribed 'Die Löwenjagd' (lower left)
watercolour and pen and India ink on cadastre paper
12 x 14 ¾ in. (30.2 x 37.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1922
Provenance
Serge Sabarsky, New York, by 1970.
Hedwig & Helmut Goedeckemeyer, Frankfurt, by 1980.
Zevi collection, Milan.
Private collection, Milan.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2013, lot 105.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 March 2017, lot 158.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Hedwig & Helmut Goedeckemeyer, Frankfurt, by 1980.
Zevi collection, Milan.
Private collection, Milan.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2013, lot 105.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 March 2017, lot 158.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Göttingen, Kunstsammlung der Universität, Alfred Kubin Mappenwerke, Bücher, Einzelblätter aus der Sammlung Hedwig und Helmut Goedeckemeyer, January - March 1980, no. 32; this exhibition later travelled to Kunstverein Wolfsburg, April - May 1980; and Hamm, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, July - September 1980.
Bolzano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Il sogno rivela la natura delle cose, 1991, no. 90 (illustrated p. 120); this exhibition later travelled to Milan, Museo della Permanente and Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti.
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo, Da Klimt a Wols, April - July 1994, no. 120, p. 424 (illustrated p. 205; dated 'circa 1914')
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il Cavaliere Azzurro, Kandinsky, Marc e i loro amici, October 2003 - January 2004, no. 61 (illustrated p. 134).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Visioni del Fantastico e del Meraviglioso, October 2004 - January 2005, no. XX.11 (illustrated p. 431).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Paul Klee, Teatro magico, January - April 2007, no. 95 (illustrated p. 162).
Siena, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, La lente di Freud, Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008 - February 2009, p. 250 (illustrated; dated '1918').
Bolzano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Il sogno rivela la natura delle cose, 1991, no. 90 (illustrated p. 120); this exhibition later travelled to Milan, Museo della Permanente and Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti.
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo, Da Klimt a Wols, April - July 1994, no. 120, p. 424 (illustrated p. 205; dated 'circa 1914')
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il Cavaliere Azzurro, Kandinsky, Marc e i loro amici, October 2003 - January 2004, no. 61 (illustrated p. 134).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Visioni del Fantastico e del Meraviglioso, October 2004 - January 2005, no. XX.11 (illustrated p. 431).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Paul Klee, Teatro magico, January - April 2007, no. 95 (illustrated p. 162).
Siena, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, La lente di Freud, Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008 - February 2009, p. 250 (illustrated; dated '1918').
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Dr Peter Assmann has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Dr. Annegret Hoberg, Kubin-Archiv, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, has confirmed the authenticity of this work.