Max Slevogt - Frau Dr. Elly Freytag
auction 374, Lot 233
FINE ART
on 7 December 2016
Max Slevogt
Frau Dr. Elly Freytag
Differenzbesteuerung
Max Slevogt
1868 Landshut - 1932 Neukastel
Dr. Elly Freytag
Pastel on brown cardboard. 30 x 22 cm. Frame.
This pastel is a preliminary sketch for the painting, dated 1907 (107 x 86 cm).
The reverse is inscribed by the previous owner and art historian Dr. Karl Voll (1867 - 1911), Munich, the first biograph of Slevogt: This pastel was created by Slevogt in 1907 in Berlin, it is a sketch for the painting from the same year for the portrait of Dr. Elly Freytag, the daughter-in-law of the poet. I received it from Slevogt. Dr. Voll.