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A GROUP OF FOUR WATERCOLORS BY ERICH B√úTTNER (GERMAN 1889-1936)
comprising:
a) The Winter Road, 1920, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 31 x 24 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.), signed and dated lower left
b) Spring Is Here, 1919, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 31 x 23 Am (12 1/8 x 9 in.), signed and dated lower right
c) Village in the Summer, 1918, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 31 x 23 Am (12 1/8 x 9 in.), signed, stamped and dated lower left
d) Gloomy Autumn, 1920, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 24.3 x 30.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/8 in.), signed and dated lower right
PROVENANCE
Acquired from the descendants of the artist by the present owner
LOT NOTES
Erich Büttner was an active German Expressionist of the Berlin Secession, exhibiting at the Gurlitt Gallery in Berlin as of 1913, and friend, co-exhibitor, and portraitist of other artists including George Grosz, Lovis Corinth, and others.
a) The Winter Road, 1920, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 31 x 24 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.), signed and dated lower left
b) Spring Is Here, 1919, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 31 x 23 Am (12 1/8 x 9 in.), signed and dated lower right
c) Village in the Summer, 1918, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 31 x 23 Am (12 1/8 x 9 in.), signed, stamped and dated lower left
d) Gloomy Autumn, 1920, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 24.3 x 30.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/8 in.), signed and dated lower right
PROVENANCE
Acquired from the descendants of the artist by the present owner
LOT NOTES
Erich Büttner was an active German Expressionist of the Berlin Secession, exhibiting at the Gurlitt Gallery in Berlin as of 1913, and friend, co-exhibitor, and portraitist of other artists including George Grosz, Lovis Corinth, and others.
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
Result: $5,000 (including premium)
