Franz Marc Lot n° 180

Franz Marc Sheep drawing I. Verso: Sheep and large diagram of a cow's head 1905 Double-page sketch sheet. Ink brush drawing with opaque white on strong grey-brown paper, or charcoal and pencil drawing 30.5 x 27 cm Inscribed, titled and signed by Maria Marc on the lower margin on the front and with the round estate stamp "Nachlaß FRANZ MARC bestätigt Maria Marc" on the verso. - With a weak horizontal fold trace in the centre. The upper margin uncut, the upper right and lower left corner with small tears. The sheet with isolated small brown spots. Hoberg/Jansen (watercolours, gouaches, drawings, postcards) 26; Lankheit 286; Schardt III 1905-4 Provenance Maria Marc, Ried; Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich, Marc estate no. 8; private collection Bavaria; Rhenish private collection Exhibitions Munich 1916 (Münchner Neue Secession), Franz Marc memorial exhibition, o. cat., no. 5; Dresden 1927 (Galerie Neue Kunst Fides), Franz Marc. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, o. Kat., Nr. 24; Hannover 1936 (Kestner Gesellschaft), Franz Marc Gedächtnisausstellung, o. Kat., Nr. 109; Berlin 1936 (Galerie von der Heyde together with Galerie Nierendorf), Franz Marc Gedächtnisausstellung, Faltblatt Nr. 39; München 1946 (Galerie Günther Franke), Franz Marc, Faltblatt Nr. 39; Mannheim 1947 (Städtische Kunsthalle), Franz Marc Gedächtnisausstellung, Kat. No. 35; Munich/Stuttgart/Freiburg 1949/50 (Galerie Otto Stangl/Galerie F.C. Valentien/Landesamt für Museen, Franz Marc. Watercolours and Drawings, Cat. No. 5; Berlin/Essen/Tübingen 1989/90 (Brücke Museum/Folkwang Museum/Kunsthalle Tübingen), Franz Marc. Drawings and Watercolours, cat. No. 6 with ill. Literature Annegret Hoberg/Isabelle Jansen, Franz Marc. Catalogue raisonné. Watercolours, Gouaches, Drawings, Postcards, Munich 2004, p. 11 with full-page colour illustration of the reverse side