Vente: 533 / Modern Art Day Sale and Gerlinger Collection 10 décembre 2022 à Munich Lot 421

 

421
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Einladung zur Ausstellung der Künstlergruppe "Brücke", 1906.
Woodcut
Estimation:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Résultat:
€ 7,500 / $ 8,100

( frais d'adjudication compris)
Einladung zur Ausstellung der Künstlergruppe "Brücke". 1906.
Woodcut.
Gercken A -29 II.2. (of II. 2.). Dube H. 693. Monogrammed in center of the wooden block. One of 6 known copies from this state. On brownish board. 10.1 x 10.1 cm (3.9 x 3.9 in). Sheet: 13,6 x 13,6 cm (5,4 x 5,4 in).
Printed by Wilhelm Guth, Dresden (with note in typography on the reverse). [SM].
• Extremely rare.
• No copy offered on the international auction market in thirty years.
• Document from the early days of the "Brücke"
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PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (verso with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Hans Bolliger, E. W. Kornfeld, Ausstellung Künstlergruppe Brücke. Jahresmappen 1906-12, Bern 1958, p. 31, no. 44. (with illu., different copy).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 99, SHG no. 36.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 289, SHG no. 653.

The creation of invitation cards for their exhibitions was an important marketing tool for the "Brücke" artists from the very beginning. The invitation card for the first group exhibition of the "Brücke" at the lamp factory Karl Max Seifert on Gröbelstaße in Dresden-Löbtau was the result of an internal competition between Heckel, Kirchner and Pechstein.
While Heckel and Pechstein chose the zinc etching technique, which was common for commercial prints, Kirchner preferred the woodcut, which not only lends authenticity to his image motif, but also gives the letters and words an own strength and urgency. Although this makes the text seem somewhat bulky, it blends with the image to create an artistic and coherent design. Kirchner's woodcut was eventually printed. Amiet, Bleyl, Heckel, Kirchner, Nolde, Pechstein and Schmidt-Rottluff exhibited from September 24 to the end of October 1906.
Through Heckel's work as a draftsman, assistant and construction foreman in Wilhelm Kreis's architectural office, the "Brücke" artists became acquainted with the factory owner Karl Max Seifert. Kreis was commissioned with the new construction of Seifert's showrooms and appointed Heckel as construction foreman, who was able to inspire Seifert for the exhibition project in this context. Fritz Bleyl later recalled the circumstances of the presentation: "The new building on Gröbelstraße was a medium-sized, multi-room hall with fabric-covered walls, parquet flooring and upholstered armchairs, and chandeliers hung from the ceiling, but the walls were still empty and waiting for the pictures." (Fig.) (Hans Wentzel, Fritz Bleyl. Gründungsmitglied der Brücke, in: Kunst in Hessen und am Mittelrhein, 1968, p. 96) Today Heckel's and Pechstein's drafts for the invitation, as well as a draft for a list of the exhibited works are in the Brücke Museum Berlin. [MvL]



421
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Einladung zur Ausstellung der Künstlergruppe "Brücke", 1906.
Woodcut
Estimation:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Résultat:
€ 7,500 / $ 8,100

( frais d'adjudication compris)