Bidspirit auction | Paula Modersohn-Becker: Birke vor Herbstlandschaft

Paula Modersohn-Becker: Birke vor Herbstlandschaft - MODERSOHN-BECKER, PAULA 1876 Dresden - 1907 Worpswede Title: Birke vor Herbstlandschaft. Date: 1899. Technique: Oil on card. Mounting: Mounted to card. Measurement: 54,5 x 40cm. Notation: Monogrammed lower left: PMB. As well as dated with difficulty legible lower left (presumably by a hand other than that of the artist): 1899. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Verso there is a handwritten confirmation of authenticity by Otto Modersohn: ”Hiermit bestätige ich, daß dieses Bild von der Hand Paula Modersohn-Beckers stammt, 17. Juni 1926.” Provenance: - Private collection Israel (1930s) - Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 9th/10th December 1986, lot 797 - Private ownership - Galerie Neher, Essen (label) - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (in 2002 acquired from the previous owner) - Independent foundation in the care of the German Foundation Centre, Essen Literature: - Busch, Günter/Schicketanz, Milena/Werner, Wolfgang: Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876-1907 - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. II, Munich 1998, cat. rais. no. 138, ill. - Paula Modersohn-Becker was one of the first truly emancipated women painters in Germany - Typical example of radical reduction in the artist's work - Early work, probably from the first period in Worpswede Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.   Explanations to the Catalogue Paula Modersohn-Becker Germany North German Expressionism Modern Art 1900s Craftman's frame Worpswede Painting Oil Tree