Watercolor and gouache over pencil. twice signed in the lower left. Inscribed "Junge mit Kaninchen [...] Wolfgang" (barely legible) by hand on the reverse. On mould-made paper (with a watermark). 61 x 47 cm. , the full sheet.

• Serene intimacy: Watercolor and gouache combine delicate coloration with confident, lively lines
• From her heyday around 1915—her most productive creative period in Hamburg prior to her trip to Paris
• Exhibition history dating back to 1926—on the auction market for the first time in decades.
We are grateful to Dr. Maike Bruhns and Ms. Dorothea Hauser of the Warburg Archive in Hamburg for their kind expert advice.
LITERATURE: Maike Bruhns (author), Kunsthalle Hamburg (publisher), Anita Rée. Das Werk, Munich et al. 2018, CR no. A 14 (with color illustrations). - - Auktionshaus Germann, Zürich, 1981, lot 528. Stahl Auction House, Hamburg, May 20, 1995, lot 116. Galerie Herold, Hamburg/Kampen a. Sylt. ARCHIVAL MATERIALS (selection) Warburg Foundation Archive, Hamburg, Estate of Dr. Carl Melchior. Warburg Foundation Archive, Hamburg, G-10115. StAHH, 113-6, 135. StAHH, 314-15, F 2350b, Volume 1. StAHH, 314-15, F 1685. StAHH, 314-15, R 1939/2001. StAHH, 213-13, 14780. StAHH, 351-11, 54739. Hamburger Kunst Archive, Bruhns Archive.

Exhibition Hamburger Künstler, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Kiel, August 1926

Collection of Dr. Carl Melchior, Hamburg (1920-1933). Collection of Marie Melchior de Molènes, Paris (inherited from the above) Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2012, Galerie Herold, Kampen). In the family’s possession ever since

In good condition. The edges of the sheet are slightly irregular, with a small, expertly executed paper restoration at the bottom edge and a small tear (5 mm) at the left edge. There are tiny pinholes in places, mainly at the edges of the sheet, as a result of the making.