Hans Purrmann
1880 - 1966
Kleiner Bootshafen auf Korsika. 1920/1930er Jahre.
Gouache and watercolor over pencil drawing.
Signed and inscribed with a personal dedication in the lower right, there also signed. On wove paper. 34.5 x 43.5 cm (13.5 x 17.1 in), size of sheet. [EB/CH].

• In Purrmann’s artistic oeuvre, the watercolor technique—executed in a wide variety of ways—plays a particularly important role.
• Purrmann assembles a multitude of individual fragments into an atmospheric, evocative landscape.
• A captivating combination of detailed drawing, open spaces, and flat painting.
• Gift from the artist: part of the same German private collection since its creation.

PROVENANCE: Hugo Borst Collection (1881–1967), Stuttgart (gifted from the artist in 1931).
Family-owned ever since.

LITERATURE: Trude Fischer-Borst et al. (eds.), Die Sammlung Hugo Borst in Stuttgart: Dokumentation und Chronik. Bilder und Plastiken aus Deutschland, Frankreich und der Schweiz von 1900–1933, Stuttgart 1970, p. 100.


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