Property of a Private German Collection
Franz Marc (1880-1916)

Zwei Pferde

Price realised GBP 1,323,750
Estimate
GBP 1,000,000 – GBP 1,500,000
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Franz Marc (1880-1916)

Zwei Pferde

Price realised GBP 1,323,750
Closed: 4 Feb 2002
Price realised GBP 1,323,750
Closed: 4 Feb 2002
Details
Franz Marc (1880-1916)
Zwei Pferde
signed and dedicated 'Fz Marc/Dr Fromm gew' (lower right)
tempera and gouache on paper
15½ x 17 7/8 in. (39.2 x 45.4 cm.)
Executed in 1913
Provenance
Dr. Fromm, Basel, by whom given to the artist.
Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Berne, sale 175, 26 June 1981, lot 99, sold for SFR.989,000.
Acquired at the above sale by the father of the present owners.
Literature
K. Lankheit, Franz Marc-Katalog der Werke, Germany, 1970, no. 473 (illustrated p 154).
Exhibited
Heidelberg, Kunstverein, Blau: Farbe der Ferne, March-May 1990 (illustrated in colour p. 459)
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Franz Marc, Pferde, 2000, no. 144, no. 105 (illustrated p. 158).
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