Lautensänger. Um 1917.
Oil and tempera on cardboard.
Signed in lower right. Handwritten inscription “Max Ackermann, Lautensänger, Preis: 2000 Mr” on an old label on the reverse. Inscribed “ACK5858” by a hand other than the artist's on the reverse. 72 x 45 cm (28.3 x 17.7 in).
[SM].
• Ackermann was a student of Adolf Hölzel since 1915.
• His encounter with Hölzel in 1912 would have a formative influence on his artistic work - he inspired Ackermann to non-objective painting.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Peter Strathomeyer, adopted son of Max Ackermann ( with the label on the reverse).
Galerie Bayer, Bietigheim- Bissingen.
Hermann-Josef Bunte Collection, Hamburg/Bielefeld.

EXHIBITION: Hermann Stenner und seine Zeit: “.. dies Streben nach dem ganz Grossen etwas in der Kunst ..”, Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, January 20 - August 18, 2019, cat. no. 3.