MÜNTER, GABRIELE1877 Berlin - 1962 Murnau
Title: "Rote Dahlien".
Date: 1946.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 46 x 38cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: Münter 1946. Signed, dated and titled verso on the stretcher: Gabriele Münter 1946 Dahlien. Estate stamp of the artist also on the canvas.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
A photographic expertise by Prof. Helmut Friedel, Gabriele Münter- u. Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, Munich, dated December 18, 2002 is available. The work bears in the estate inscription of the Gabriele Münter- u. Johannes Eichner-Stiftung the number B112 (adhesive label verso).
Provenance:
- Gabriele Münter- u. Johannes Eichner-Stiftung (until 1979)
- Private collection Switzerland
- Galerie Neher, Essen
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from previous owner in 2002)
- Selbstständige Stiftung in der Betreuung des Deutschen Stiftungszentrums, Essen
Exhibitions:
- Galerie Neher, Essen 2002/2003
Literature:
- Exhib.-cat. Blickpunkte, Galerie Neher, Essen 2002, p. 33, ill.
- From the pioneer of German Expressionism and co-founder of the artist group "Der Blaue Reiter"
- Excellent example of Münters artistic maturity and her inner reflection in her later work
- Dynamic brushstrokes and intense colours capture the beauty of nature impressively.