Fritz Bleyl Lot n° 8

Fritz Bleyl, Standing quarter hour beat. 1905. Pencil drawing. Signed, monogrammed and dated lower right. On wove paper. 44.4 x 34.2 cm (17.4 x 13.4 in), sheet size. [AM]. - From the "Viertelstundenakte" series, in which Fritz Bleyl and the other "Brücke" members devoted themselves intensively to drawing nudes. - Only a few of these seminal drawings by the artists have survived to this day. - Works by Bleyl from the sought-after "Brücke" period are extremely rarely offered on the international auction market. PROVENIENCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with collector's stamp). EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001). Fritz Bleyl and the early years of the "Brücke", Schleswig-Holstein State Museum, Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, 25.7.-31.10.1999; Municipal Museum, Zwickau, 16.1.-19.3.2000, pp. 20-21 (m. ill.). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022). LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 128, SHG no. 94. Hermann Gerlinger, Heinz Spielmann (eds.), Brücke-Almanach 1999: Fritz Bleyl und die frühen Jahre der "Brücke," Schleswig 1999, pp. 20-21. Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Bestandskatalog Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 370, SHG no. 818. Call time: 10.06.2022 - approx. 17.14 h +/- 20 min.