Landschaft Wannsee (Havelsee-Schilflandschaft). Um 1912.
Watercolor.
Signed and (belatedly) dated. Once more signed as well as titled "Landschaft am Wannsee" on the reverse. Inscribed "Dr. B. Havelsee Schilflandschaf" (sic) on the reverse by a hand other than that of the artist. On wove paper. 55 x 37 cm (21.6 x 14.5 in), the full sheet. [EH].

• From the Berlin Brücke period
• A watercolor in the great expressionist's signature style.
• Expressive depiction of the landscape.

This work is documented at the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Fredéric Bauer Collection, Davos (until 1953)
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart (1953)
Galerie Maulberger, Munich
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 2001).

EXHIBITION: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Sammlung Dr. F. Bauer, Davos. Nürnberg - Haus der Kunst, Munich - Freiburg - Mannheim 1952 - 1953, cat. no. 103.

LITERATURE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 18th auction, November 24 - 26, 1953, lot 1889.