Macke; August
1887 Meschede - 1914 Perthes-les-Hurlus

Abstract Forms XV. 1913. Coloured chalks; smudged; on paper. 20.5 x 16cm. Artist's estate stamp (Lugt 1775b) verso with the listed no.: 118. Inscribed thereunder: abstrakte Formen XV 1913. Craftman's frame.

Provenance:
- Artist's estate
- Gallery Bassenge; Berlin; Auction 10; 14.6.1963; No. 989
- Private collection Berlin
- Hauswedell and Nolte; Hamburg; Auction 322; 26.11.1996; lot 300; ill. p. 137
- Private collection Germany
- Christie's; London; Auction 5859; 9.10.1997; lot 165 (label)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Exhibitions:
- Foundation Henri Nannen; Emden/Ulmer Museum/Kunstmuseum Bonn 1992/93 (label)

Literature:
- Heiderich; Ursula: August Macke Zeichnungen; Werkverzeichnis; Stuttgart 1993; cat. rais. no. 1953; ill.
- Exhibition Catalogue August Macke - Gesang von der Sch鰊heit der Dinge; Stiftung Henri Nannen;
Emden/Ulmer Museum/Kunstmuseum Bonn 1992/93; cat.-no.159; ill. p. 242

Art trade; Van Ham.