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Conrad Felixmüller · 1922
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist to his son, Titus Felixmüller (born 1920), Germany [London 1994 exh. cat.]; sold, Christie’s, London, Oct. 7, 1999, lot 183, to a private collector; sold, Christie's, London, Feb. 10, 2005, lot 658, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Düsseldorf, Graphik-Salon Gerhart Söhn, "Conrad Felixmüller, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik," May 21–Aug. 30, 1977, cat. 19.
- Schleswig, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloß Gottorf Schleswig, "Conrad Felixmüller," Apr. 1–June 17, 1990, cat. 128, pp. 200 (ill.) and 273; also the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Sept. 8–Oct. 28, 1990; the Kunstverein Braunschweig, Nov. 11, 1990–Jan. 13, 1991, and the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, Feb. 24–Apr. 7, 1991.
- Otto Dix Haus Hemmenhofen, "Conrad Felixmüller: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, und Druckgraphik," Sept. 18–Nov. 21, 1993, cat. 6, n.p.
- London, Courtauld Galleries, "Conrad Felixmüller 1897–1977: Works on Paper," Sept.–Oct. 1994, cat. 24, p. 47.
- Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, "Conrad Felixmüller: Die Dresdner Jahre, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen," May 11–June 22, 1997, pp. 50 (ill.), and 125, cat. 58; also Altenburg, Lindenau-Museum, Aug. 10–Oct. 5, 1997.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Hellmuth Heinz, Conrad Felixmüller: Gezeichnetes Menschenbild (Dresden, 1958), n.p., pl. 18.
- Elizabeth M. Grady, “Politik und Polemik: Die Rolle der Felixmüller-Ausstellungim Rahmen der Politisierung der Nationalgalerie,” in Conrad Felixmüller: Strudelnd im Strom der Zeit Graphische Arbeiten (Bonn, 2001), p. 99 (ill.).
- Antje Birthälmer, "Reise ins Ruhrgebiet. Arbeiterleben," in Conrad Felixmüller: die Dresdner Jahre Aquarelle und Zeichungen 1912-1933 (Köln, 1997), p. 50 (ill.).
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