Max Slevogt - Frau Dr. Elly Freytag

auction 374, Lot 233

FINE ART

on 7 December 2016

Max Slevogt

Frau Dr. Elly Freytag

estimate:
€ 10.000 to € 12.000

Differenzbesteuerung    

result:
€ 12.700 (incl. 27 % buyer's premium)

description:

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.