Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. 100.5 x 90.5 cm.
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- Large-format staging of the many shades of the color red in the delicate poppy blossoms. - Böckstiegel's work attained a new sense of harmony in the 1930s. - The ardent admirer of Vincent van Gogh is considered one of the most important representatives of Westphalian Expressionism.
LITERATURE: David Riedel, Peter August Böckstiegel: Die Gemälde 1910-1951, Munich 2014, catalogue raisonné no. 281 (illustrated).

Kunstausstellung Dresden, Sächsischer Kunstverein/Städtische Kunsthalle, Dresden, May 1936, cat no. 29: "Türkischer Mohn"

Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 1936, family-owned ever since)

Vibrant still life in good condition. Some smaller areas with faint craquelure or subtle drycracks. Very small isolated color losses and subtle superficial dirt spots. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of our knowledge and belief.