Knüpferinnen / Stickerinnen. 1923.
Oil on canvas.
Firmenich/Lukas 43. Lower left signed and dated. Verso of the canvas with a label inscribed with the number "101" by hand and with a paint supplier's stamp "Viktoria-Maltuch A. Schutzmann Herrsching". Verso of the stretcher with an exhibition label and a pasted newspaper ad of Galerie Hagemeier, Frankfurt a.M. 82 x 44 cm (32.2 x 17.3 in).
[KT].
• Very early work of the young artist, made after he had completed his studies at the Munich Art Academy 1921
• In the 1920s Scharl put strong focus on teh depiction of people, whom he encountered in a manner charcaterized by empathy, social criticism and a matter-of-fact observation
• His early works are documents of his close examination of Vincent van Gogh's creation
• After the deprivations of the war, which also left its traces on Scharl, he made a first step into artistic independence with the 1923 exhibition of the Munich Secession.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Günther Franke, Munich.
Private collection.
Private collection. Berlin (ever since family-owned).

EXHIBITION: Josef Scharl, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, April 17 - May 29, 1971, cat. no. 1.
Josef Scharl 1896-1954. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, December 15, 1982 - January 30, 1983, cat. no. 3 (with illu. on p. 23, 112) (with a label on the reverse).

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 227, June 1- 3 , 1978, cat. no. 1180 (with illu.).

Work in strong colors and in good condition. Canvas relined.
The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.