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Alfred Kubin

Leitmeritz 1877 – 1959 Zwickledt

”Der Dieb”. Circa 1911/12

Pen and India ink and India ink, sprayed, on cadastre paper. 22 × 31,5 cm (30,8 × 38,7 cm) (8 ⅝ × 12 ⅜ in. (12 ⅛ × 15 ¼ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Alfred Kubin. ”Der Dieb”. Circa 1911/12.

Estimate:

EUR 25,000

 

- 30,000

USD 29,400

 

- 35,300

Sold for:

29,210 EUR (incl. premium)

Winter Auctions 2025

The Walter Bauer Collection, 27 November 2025

Information

Pen and India ink and India ink, sprayed, on cadastre paper. 22 × 31,5 cm (30,8 × 38,7 cm) (8 ⅝ × 12 ⅜ in. (12 ⅛ × 15 ¼ in.)). Titled in pencil lower left: Der Dieb. Signed lower right: Kubin. There too a erased dedication dated July 1912. Catalogue raisonné: Raabe 34.

We would like to thank Dr. Annegret Hoberg, Munich, for kindly providing additional information.

Walter Bauer, Fulda (acquired 1964 at Karl & Faber, Munich, thence by descent to the present owner)

Alfred Kubin. Mappenwerke, Bücher, Einzelblätter aus der Sammlung Hedwig und Helmut Goedeckemeyer. Göttingen, Kunstsammlung der Universität; Wolfsburg, Kunstverein; Hamm, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, 1980, cat. no. 6.11, p. 73

Alfred Kubin: Sansara – ein Cyklus ohne Ende. In einer Auswahl von 40 Blättern. Munich, G. Müller, no year (1911), ill. pl. 11 / Auction 92: Kunst 19./20. Jahrhundert. Graphik, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle und Ölgemälde. Munich, Karl & Faber, 14.-16.10.1964, cat. no. 1434, ill. 

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