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Maurice Utrillo - Helmut Kolle: Die Schauspielerin Rosa Valetti. KOLLE, HELMUT 1899 Berlin - 1931 Chantilly/Frankfurt Title: Die Schauspielerin Rosa Valetti. Date: 1924/26. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 81 x 60cm. Notation: Signed upper left: Hügel. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Provenance: - Collection Joseph Breitbach, Paris - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia Exhibitions: - Galerie Bing & Cie, Paris 1926 - Galerie Jacques Bonjean, Paris 1932 - Kunstverein Hamburg/Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover/Städel Museum, Frankfurt a.M. 1952/1953 - Lenbachhaus, Munich 1995 Literature: - Chabert, Philipp: Helmut Kolle, 1899-1931, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris 1981, cat. rais. no. 125 Helmut Kolle signed his early paintings with the pseudonym ”Helmut vom Hügel” or ”HvH.” to distinguish them from his literary works. - Depiction of the German actress and cabaret artist who appeared among others in Josef Sternberg's ”Der blaue Engel” - Characteristic work of Kolles of the 1920s with impasto application of paint and sketch-like outlines - The portrait shows Valetti as the sophisticated, self-confident city dweller she was Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue