Ernst Fritsch - Schlafende - Fine Art Auctions

Art (1900-1945) > Figurative Painting (1900-30s ) Ernst Fritsch

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Ernst Fritsch
1892 - 1965
Schlafende. 1924.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Titled and inscribed several times on the reverse of the stretcher, as well as signed, dated, titled, and inscribed “Ber-Wilmersdorf Homburgerstr. 4” on a label. 65 x 95 cm (25.5 x 37.4 in). [AW].

• The works from the 1920s in the New Objectivity style mark the peak of Ernst Fritsch's artistic career.
• In 1921, Fritsch joined the “November Group,” in 1925 he was represented at the Munich New Secession exhibition, and in 1927 he received the “Rome Prize” from the Prussian Academy of Arts.
• In family ownership for almost 50 years.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (since 1976, Hauswedell & Nolte).

EXHIBITION: probably: DieNeue Sachlichkeit: Deutsche Malerei seit dem Expressionismus, Kunsthalle Mannheim, June 14–September 13, 1925, no. 28.
Ernst Fritsch: Gedächtnisausstellung zum Achtzigsten Geburtstag Gemälde und Aquarelle, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, September 18–November 25, 1972, cat. no. 37 (with ill.).

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 2-4, 1976, lot 495 (illu.).

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