Segelschiff im Hafen von Porto d'Ischia. 1958.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. 73 x 60 cm (28.7 x 23.6 in).

Other works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag, Wiesbaden, will be offered in our current live and online auctions. [CH].

• The unique combination of colors, format, and composition make this painting particularly appealing.
• Hans Purrmann had a lifelong connection to Italy, both on a personal and professional level, finding there an inexhaustible source of inspiration for his art.
• In 1958, the artist first traveled to Greece, then returned to his beloved island of Ischia, and finally visited Venice and Rome.
• Today, similar works from these creative years are part of important collections, including the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen, the Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal, the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, and the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main.
• The artist's colorful depictions of Italy are among his most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

The work is listed in the Hans Purrmann Archive as no. 985.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905-1968), Wiesbaden.
Estate of Max Niedermayer, Wiesbaden (with a label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1978).
Since then in family ownership.

EXHIBITION: Hans Purrmann. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik: Exhibition marking the centenary of the Staatliches Hans-Purrmann-Gymnasium, Speyer, March 15–April 20, 1979, cat. no. 40.
Hans Purrmann zum 100. Geburtstag, Museum Langenargen, April 1980, cat. no. 79.

LITERATURE: Christian Lenz, Felix Billeter, Hans Purrmann. Die Gemälde II. 1935-1966. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2004, CR no. 1958/04 (illustrated in color).