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Rudolf Schlichter

Calw 1890 – 1955 Munich

”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25

Pencil on thin paper. 59 × 45,2 cm (23 ¼ × 17 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.
This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.
This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.
This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Rudolf Schlichter. ”Zirkuskinder”. 1924/25.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

USD 11,800

 

- 17,600

Sold for:

12,700 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 372

Friday, November 28th 2025, 11:00 AM

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Information

Pencil on thin paper. 59 × 45,2 cm (23 ¼ × 17 ¾ in.). Signed and titled at the bottom: Rudolf Schlichter Zirkuskinder. On the reverse the sketch of a woman's head. Pencil. On the back of the frame labels of various museums for the exhibitions Milwaukee and other venues 1990-92, The Hague and other venues 1995/96, Milwaukee 1997 and 1999. Minor margin imperfections. [3106] Framed

We would like to thank Dr. Sigrid Lange, Königswinter, for kindly providing additional information.

Minor margin imperfections

Wolf Uecker, Hamburg / Private Collection, Berlin / Marvin and Janet Fishman, Milwaukee (acquired in 1987 at Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg) / Christina and Volker Huber, Offenbach (acquired in 2000 at Sotheby's, London)

Vom Expressionismus zum Widerstand. Kunst in Deutschland 1909-1936. Die Sammlung Marvin und Janet Fishman (English edition: Art in Germany 1909-1936: From Expressionism to Resistance). Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum; Frankfurt a. M., Schirn Kunsthalle; Emden, Kunsthalle; New York, The Jewish Museum; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Atlanta, The High Museum, 1990-92, cat. no. 136 (English edition: cat. no. 137), ill. p. 121 / Art et résistance. Les peintres allemands de l'entre-deux. Den Haag, Museum Palais Lange Voorhout; Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall; Helsinki, Helsingin Taidehalli; Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, 1995/96, cat. no. 141 / Rudolf Schlichter and Friends. German Art between the Wars. Milwaukee, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, 1997 / Children in Art: A Century of Change. Milwaukee, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, 1999, cat. no. 42, ill. / Rudolf Schlichter. Eros und Apokalypse. Koblenz, Mittelrhein-Museum, and Halle, Kunstverein „Talstraße" e.V., 2015/16, cat. no. 30, ill. p. 96

Auction 268: Moderne Kunst. Hamburg, Hauswedell & Nolte, 11.-13.6.1987, cat. no. 1311, ill. pl. 124 / Sale L00106: The Marvin & Janet Fishman Collection. German Art from Expressionism to Resistance. London, Sotheby´s, 18.10.2000, cat. no. 32, ill. p. 55 / auction 80: Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Villa Grisebach Auktionen, 27.5.2000, cat. no. 196, ill. 

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