MÜNTER, GABRIELE1877 Berlin - 1962 Murnau
Title: "Pestwurz".
Date: 1942.
Technique: Oil on black paper.
Measurement: 61 x 43cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower left: MÜ (Artist's signature). Signed and titled verso: G. Münter Pestwurz. Here also with work details.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Enclosed: Expertise
The work is listed in the workbook of the artist from the year 1942 under the number B70.
A photographic expertise on this work by Prof. Dr. Helmut Friedel, Gabriele Münter- u. Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, Munich, dated March 6, 1997 is available.
Provenance:
- Galerie Schwarzer, Dusseldorf
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the previous owner in 2000)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the previous owner in 2024 via inheritance)
- Rare and impressive work on black paper
- Colour contrast creates a mystic and expressive mood and highlights the plants
- Simplified forms with clear countours typical of Expressionism.