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Franz Marc

Munich 1880 – 1916 Verdun

”Kleines Fabeltier I”. 1912

Watercolour and pen and black ink on thin paper, laid down on light cardboard (postcard). 6,3 × 11,2 cm (9,2 × 14,1 cm) (2 ½ × 4 ⅜ in. (3 ⅝ × 5 ½ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Franz Marc. ”Kleines Fabeltier I”. 1912.

Estimate:

EUR 35,000

 

- 45,000

USD 39,300

 

- 50,600

Sold for:

44,450 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2025

Modern Art, Friday, 06.06.2025

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Watercolour and pen and black ink on thin paper, laid down on light cardboard (postcard). 6,3 × 11,2 cm (9,2 × 14,1 cm) (2 ½ × 4 ⅜ in. (3 ⅝ × 5 ½ in.)). On the cardboard below the image inscribed by Maria Marc in pencil: Nickel-Katalog Nachlass Franz Marc – best[ätigt] Maria Marc. On the reverse with the etstate stamp confirmed by Maria Marc. There too inscribed in pencil: Fabeltier. Catalogue raisonné: Hoberg/Jansen 274. Supplement: original mat with dedication by Maria Marc: Die allerherzlichsten Glück- und Segenswünsche Ihnen, lieber J[oachim], und Ihrer jungen Frau zu Ihrer Vermählung. Möge Ihr Zusammenleben leicht und nett werden und Ihnen bringen, was Sie selbst wünschen. In herzlichem Gedenken her Maria Marc. Framed

Joachim and Lore Probst, Ilvesheim (received 1943 as wedding present by Maria Marc, thence by descent to the present owner)

150. Ausstellung: Franz Marc. Gedächtnisausstellung. Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1936, cat. no. 68

Alois J. Schardt: Franz Marc. Berlin, Rembrandt-Verlag, 1936, p. 171, no. IV-1912-1 / Klaus Lankheit: Franz Marc. Katalog der Werke. Cologne, Verlag DuMont Schauberg, 1970, cat. no. 721

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