Vente: 606 / Evening Sale 12 juin 2026 à Munich → Lot 126000066
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126000066
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Sitzendes Mädchen mit blauem Hut und Blume in der rechten Hand, Um 1903.
Oil on cardboard
Estimation: € 100,000 / $ 115,000
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126000066
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Sitzendes Mädchen mit blauem Hut und Blume in der rechten Hand, Um 1903.
Oil on cardboard
Estimation: € 100,000 / $ 115,000
Les informations sur la commission d´achat, les taxes et le droit de suite sont disponibles quatre semaines avant la vente.
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 - 1907
Sitzendes Mädchen mit blauem Hut und Blume in der rechten Hand. Um 1903.
Oil on cardboard.
Monogrammed in the lower left corner. Inscribed “Mädchen mit blauem Hut Otto Modersohn” by Otto Modersohn on the reverse at a later date. 32.4 x 23.3 cm (12.7 x 9.1 in).
The drawings and compositional studies that preceded this painting are “Sitzendes Mädchen mit Hut, eine Blume haltend” (Seated Girl with a Hat, Holding a Flower, ca. 1903) and “Mädchen mit Hut, eine Blume in der erhobenen rechten Hand haltend” (Girl with a Hat, Holding a Flower in Her Raised Right Hand, ca. 1903); cf. Anne Röver-Kann, Wolfgang Werner, and Rebecca Duckwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker. Catalogue raisonné of hand drawings, vol. 1: Zeichnungen, Munich 2023, CR number E IV/131, E IV/132, and E IV/133. [CH].
• Along with her self-portraits, her children's portraits are among her key works, which are highly sought after on the international auction market.
• Part of the same private collection for 65 years.
• Closely related to the well-known paintings “Bust of a Girl with a Blue Hat and Flower” (Berkeley Art Museum) and “Head of a Blonde Girl with a Straw Hat” (Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal).
• From Bremen to New York: In 2024/25, Modersohn-Becker’s first museum retrospective in the U.S. took place (Neue Galerie, New York / Chicago Art Institute).
• 150th Birthday: In 2026, the artist will be honored with highly anticipated exhibitions, including “Becoming Paula” at the Museen Böttcherstraße in Bremen and “Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch” at the Albertinum in Dresden.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist, Worpswede/Fischerhude.
Collection of Ernst Friedrich (Ernesto) Blohm, Caracas, Venezuela (acquired in 1961, Hauswedell, Hamburg).
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Günter Busch, Milena Schicketanz, Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876–1907. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. II, Munich 1998, CR no. 392 (illustrated in black and white on p. 275).
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Dr. Ernst Hauswedell Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, Hamburg, 105th auction, Graphik, Handzeichnungen, Bilder, Plastik, June 5, 1961, lot 714 (illustrated on plate IV, dated “c. 1906”).
1876 - 1907
Sitzendes Mädchen mit blauem Hut und Blume in der rechten Hand. Um 1903.
Oil on cardboard.
Monogrammed in the lower left corner. Inscribed “Mädchen mit blauem Hut Otto Modersohn” by Otto Modersohn on the reverse at a later date. 32.4 x 23.3 cm (12.7 x 9.1 in).
The drawings and compositional studies that preceded this painting are “Sitzendes Mädchen mit Hut, eine Blume haltend” (Seated Girl with a Hat, Holding a Flower, ca. 1903) and “Mädchen mit Hut, eine Blume in der erhobenen rechten Hand haltend” (Girl with a Hat, Holding a Flower in Her Raised Right Hand, ca. 1903); cf. Anne Röver-Kann, Wolfgang Werner, and Rebecca Duckwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker. Catalogue raisonné of hand drawings, vol. 1: Zeichnungen, Munich 2023, CR number E IV/131, E IV/132, and E IV/133. [CH].
• Along with her self-portraits, her children's portraits are among her key works, which are highly sought after on the international auction market.
• Part of the same private collection for 65 years.
• Closely related to the well-known paintings “Bust of a Girl with a Blue Hat and Flower” (Berkeley Art Museum) and “Head of a Blonde Girl with a Straw Hat” (Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal).
• From Bremen to New York: In 2024/25, Modersohn-Becker’s first museum retrospective in the U.S. took place (Neue Galerie, New York / Chicago Art Institute).
• 150th Birthday: In 2026, the artist will be honored with highly anticipated exhibitions, including “Becoming Paula” at the Museen Böttcherstraße in Bremen and “Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch” at the Albertinum in Dresden.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist, Worpswede/Fischerhude.
Collection of Ernst Friedrich (Ernesto) Blohm, Caracas, Venezuela (acquired in 1961, Hauswedell, Hamburg).
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Günter Busch, Milena Schicketanz, Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876–1907. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. II, Munich 1998, CR no. 392 (illustrated in black and white on p. 275).
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Dr. Ernst Hauswedell Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, Hamburg, 105th auction, Graphik, Handzeichnungen, Bilder, Plastik, June 5, 1961, lot 714 (illustrated on plate IV, dated “c. 1906”).