Paula Modersohn-Becker Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Paula Modersohn-Becker Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 06, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 Dresden-Friedrichstadt - Worpswede 1907)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Die Gänsemagd. Um 1900. Radierung und Aquatinta-Radierung auf Velin. Am unteren linken Blattrand von Otto Modersohn posthum mit Bleistift signiert und bezeichnet: O. Modersohn, f. Paula Modersohn-Becker. Links unterhalb der Darstellung von Otto Felsing mit Bleistift signiert: O. Felsing. Blattmaß: 35,7 x 29,5 cm. Unter Glas gerahmt: 38 x 32,2 cm. WVZ: Werner 7 II. Eins von etwa 10 Exemplaren auf China-Papier, die Heinrich Vogeler 1913 bei Otto Felsing drucken ließ (daneben Abzüge auf Bütten, die in den 1920er Jahren ohne Mithilfe von Vogeler hergestellt wurden).
AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald
Nov. 30, 2024
Modersohn-Becker, Paula: Sitzende Alte
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Sitzende Alte Radierung mit Aquatinta auf bräunlichem Japan. 1902/18. 18,9 x 14,6 cm (42 x 32 cm). Monogrammiert von Tille Modersohn und bezeichnet "f. P.M.B.". Auflage 25 Ex. Werner 3 III b (von c). Erschienen posthum als Blatt 4 in der Vorzugsausgabe von Die Schaffenden, 1. Jahrgang, 1. Mappe, Weimar 1918, mit deren Blindstempel unten links, in einer Gesamtauflage von wohl 125 Exemplaren, von der Tochter der Künstlerin monogrammiert und bezeichnet. Das Motiv der sitzenden Alten griff Paula Modersohn-Becker in ihrer Schaffenszeit immer wieder auf, auch in Gemälden und Zeichnungen. Druckgraphiken der Künstlerin sind selten, es existieren lediglich 13 Radierungen von ihrer Hand. Prachtvoller Druck mit dem vollen Rand. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Nov. 30, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker (Dresden 1876 - Worpswede 1907). Goose Maiden.
Est: -
1899. Etching. 25 x 20,5 cm. Lo. le. inscribed by Otto Modersohn 'f. P. Modersohn-Becker O. Modersohn', matted and framed under glass. Inconspicuous handling creases. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Werner 7 - One of the most important German artists of the avantgarde. M.-B. began studying at the drawing school of the 'Verein Berliner Künstlerinnen' since 1896. In 1898 she moved to Worpswede to be taught by F. Mackensen. In 1900 she took lessons at the Académie Colarossi in Paris together with C. Westhoff, the later wife of R. M. Rilke. After returning to Worpswede she married O. Modersohn. In 1903, 1905 and 1906 she returned to Paris and, inspired by Cezanne and Gauguin, developed her own distinct style. She died in childbirth in 1907. Because she exhibited rarely her artistical achievements were known to few, but she was widely appreciated soon after her death. Mus.: Bremen (Paula Modersohn-Becker-Mus., Kunsthalle), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Wuppertal (Von der Heydt-Mus.), Hannover (Kestner-Ges.), Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Düsseldorf, Cologne a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker a. many more.
Auktionshaus Stahl
Nov. 29, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Sitzender Junge mit Strohhut unter Birken, 1904
Est: €200,000 - €250,000
Dated '04.' in red lower left. Already shown in 1917 at the major Paula Modersohn-Becker exhibition at Hannover’s Kestner Gesellschaft, the provenance of the painting “Sitzender Junge mit Strohhut unter Birken” prominently features Bernhard Hoetger two years later. His purchase of the work in 1919 and its publication in his essay additionally indicate the significance of this captivating picture of a child (see Hoetger, 1919, op. cit.). The two artists had met in 1906 while both were in the midst of extended stays in Paris, and this meeting developed into an intense collaboration. When World War I began – Paula Modersohn-Becker had already died after giving birth to her child in 1907 – Hoetger and his wife moved to Worpswede, and he explained his choice to live there like this: “In those years, it became more and more clear to me that a landscape in whose air an art like that of Paula Modersohn could grow would also have to be the right atmosphere for my work” (cited in exh. cat. Bernhard Hoetger, Bildhauer – Maler – Baukünstler – Designer, Dortmund, 1984, p. 14). The people in Worpswede, often placed between the birch trees typical of the north German landscape, became one of the main motifs in the work of Paula Modersohn-Becker (see comp. ill.). As if searching for a pristine primitivity, she recorded – much like contemporary colleagues who found their motifs in the South Pacific or along the German shores of the Baltic – the rural populace of Worpswede. This led to images of children that are extraordinarily convincing in their concentrated simplicity: among these, the present example is remarkable for the monumentality of the natural element and the powerful presence of the boy. It is no coincidence that the figure depicted in bold red in the middle ground is reminiscent of a fly agaric mushroom, and she establishes a counterpoint to the earthy colours of the forest while gauging the depth of the depicted space. In terms of colour, the boy’s clothes correspond to the white of the stout birch trunks and his shoes to the earth tone of the forest floor, integrating the figure of the child into the landscape, while the blue of the sky is repeated in the blue of his stockings. The work depicts a sort of allegorical image of the common roots of humankind and nature.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Nov. 14, 2024
Paula Modersohn Becker – Standing Profile
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Paula Modersohn Becker (1876–1907). Standing profile. Pencil drawing on paper. Signed LR. Professionally framed and matted. Included in this lot is a copy of 'Paula Modersohn-Becker, The Letters and Journals', 1983 edition hardcover with original dust jacket. Frame: H 22-1/8" W 17". Mat opening: H 12-1/2" W 10". Condition: No imperfections or damage noted. Provenance: Haddam Historical Society. Link to hi-res image: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pvx9x709fkkz9u54aa4ef/6710457_2.jpg?rlkey=5coc8g05hcdlvmcyzb5te2c4t&st=043kzgah&dl=0
New England Auctions
Oct. 10, 2024
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (1876-1907). Mutter und Kind. oil on board 28 3⁄8 x
Est: £250,000 - £350,000
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (1876-1907). Mutter und Kind. oil on board 28 3⁄8 x 21 ¼ in. (72 x 54 cm.).
Christie's
Sep. 28, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker (Dresden 1876 - Worpswede 1907). Seated Child.
Est: -
Around 1900/1922. Dry point. 8,5 x 12 cm. Lo. le. inscribed by Otto Modersohn 'f. P- Modersohn-Becker O. Modersohn', matted and framed under glass. Pale mat burn. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Werner 9 b - Provenance: Gallery R. E. Lewis & Daughter, San Rafael, 7.11.2007; since then private collection The Hague - One of the most important German artists of the avantgarde. M.-B. began studying at the drawing school of the 'Verein Berliner Künstlerinnen' since 1896. In 1898 she moved to Worpswede to be taught by F. Mackensen. In 1900 she took lessons at the Académie Colarossi in Paris together with C. Westhoff, the later wife of R. M. Rilke. After returning to Worpswede she married O. Modersohn. In 1903, 1905 and 1906 she returned to Paris and, inspired by Cezanne and Gauguin, developed her own distinct style. She died in childbirth in 1907. Because she exhibited rarely her artistical achievements were known to few, but she was widely appreciated soon after her death. Mus.: Bremen (Paula Modersohn-Becker-Mus., Kunsthalle), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Wuppertal (Von der Heydt-Mus.), Hannover (Kestner-Ges.), Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Düsseldorf, Cologne a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker a. many more.
Auktionshaus Stahl
Jun. 21, 2024
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER
Est: CHF40,000 - CHF70,000
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (Dresden 1876–1907 Worpswede) Landscape with three birch trunks. 1901. Oil on board. Dated and with confirmation of authenticity by Tille Modersohn verso: Aug. 1901 / Ich bezeuge, dass dieses Bild von meiner Mutter Paula Modersohn-Becker gemalt ist. / Tille Modersohn / 1950. 54.5 × 40.5 cm. Certificate: Günter Busch, Bremen, 1.9.1982. Provenance: - With Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (label verso). - Private collection, Germany, probably acquired at th above gallery in 1982. - Sale Bolland und Marotz, Bremen, 1986. - Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Literature: Günter Busch und Wolfgang Werner: Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876–1907. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Munich 1998, vol.II, p. 174, no. 246 (ill.). "Landscape with Three Birch Trunks" is one of Paula Modersohn-Becker's early landscape paintings, created around the turn of the century. This work is a wonderful exemplar of her signature style and innovative approach to landscape painting. Departing from the romanticized landscapes of her contemporaries, Modersohn-Becker painted a raw and unvarnished view of the landscape, characterized by bold brushstrokes and a muted color palette. The artist was able to capture the essence of nature in all its simplicity and depth by focusing on the striking shapes of three birch trunks against a backdrop of a simple meadow. Her works are characterized by emotional depth and mark her as a pioneer in the representation of nature in early 20th-century art. Furthermore, Modersohn-Becker's early landscapes and tree studies are pivotal within the art context of her period. They mark a break with conventional artistic approaches and signal a change in the representation of nature. Born in Germany in 1876, Modersohn-Becker challenged established artistic norms and paved the way for future generations of artists. ------------------------------------------------- PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (Dresden 1876–1907 Worpswede) Landschaft mit drei Birkenstämmen. 1901. Öl auf Karton. Verso datiert und mit der Echtheitsbestätigung von Tille Modersohn: Aug. 1901 / Ich bezeuge, dass dieses Bild von meiner Mutter Paula Modersohn-Becker gemalt ist. / Tille Modersohn / 1950. 54,5 × 40,5 cm. Gutachten: Günter Busch, Bremen, 1.9.1982. Provenienz: - Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (verso mit Etikett). - Privatbesitz Deutschland, wohl 1982 in obiger Galerie erworben. - Auktion Bolland und Marotz, Bremen, 1986. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, durch Erbschaft an die heutigen Besitzer. Literatur: Günter Busch und Wolfgang Werner: Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876–1907. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, München 1998, Bd. II, S. 174, Nr. 246 (mit Abb.). "Landschaft mit drei Birkenstämmen" zählt zu den frühen Landschaftsgemälden von Paula Modersohn-Becker, die um die Jahrhundertwende entstanden sind. Dieses Werk ist ein herausragendes Beispiel für ihren charakteristischen Stil und ihren innovativen Ansatz in der Landschaftsmalerei. Abweichend von den romantisierten Landschaften ihrer Zeitgenossen, malt Modersohn-Becker eine rohe und ungeschminkte Darstellung der Landschaft, die durch kräftige Pinselstriche und eine gedämpfte Farbpalette gekennzeichnet ist. Die Künstlerin vermag es, die Essenz der Natur in all ihrer Einfachheit und Tiefe einzufangen, indem sie sich auf die markanten Formen der drei Birkenstämme vor einem Hintergrund einer schlichten Wiese konzentriert. Ihre Werke zeichnen sich durch eine emotionale Tiefe aus und kennzeichnen sie als eine Pionierin in der Darstellung der Natur im Kontext des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Darüber hinaus sind Modersohn-Beckers frühe Landschaften und Baumstudien innerhalb des Kunstkontexts von entscheidender Bedeutung. Sie markieren einen Bruch mit konventionellen künstlerischen Ansätzen und signalisieren einen Wandel in der Darstellung der Natur. Geboren im Jahr 1876 in Deutschland, forderte Modersohn-Becker etablierte künstlerische Normen heraus und ebnete den Weg für zukünftige Generationen von Künstlerinnen und Künstlern.
Koller Auctions
Jun. 05, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Birkenstämme vor rotem Gehöft
Est: €70,000 - €100,000
MODERSOHN-BECKER, PAULA 1876 Dresden - 1907 Worpswede Title: Birkenstämme vor rotem Gehöft. Date: Ca. 1901. Technique: Oil on card. Measurement: 56 x 41cm. Notation: Monogrammed lower right: P.M-B. Illegibly inscribed on verso (faded). Frame/Pedestal: Framed. The work is accompanied by a certificate from Prof. Dr. Günter Busch, Bremen, dated 8 May 1990. Provenance: - Galerie Bertram, Bremen 1990 - Private collection, Hesse Exhibitions: - Galerie Bertram, Bremen 1990 Literature: - Busch, Günther/Werner, Wolfgang (ed.): Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876-1907 - catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. II, Munich 1998, cat. rais. no. 255, ill. (here with slightly different dimensions) - Exhib. cat. Paula Modersohn-Becker, Galerie Bertram, Bremen 1990, p. 35, ill. - The white birch trunks and red farmsteads are characteristic features of the Worpswede landscape - The artist processed the newly gained artistic impressions from her first stay in Paris in 1900 in her paintings - Painted in the year of her marriage to Otto Modersohn, which was also a period of great creative vigour Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Paula Modersohn-Becker Germany North German Expressionism Modern Art 1900s Framed Landscape Painting Oil Trees
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
May. 31, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede - ”Baum vor einem Bauernhaus / Gänsestudie”. 1899 and 1900/01
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede ”Baum vor einem Bauernhaus / Gänsestudie”. 1899 and 1900/01 Charcoal and blue coloured chalk on paper, two-sided. 38,2 10 1/4 in. Lower right confirmed by Tille Modersohn for the artist: f[ür] P.M.B. T.Modersohn. On the cardboard backing a label of the exhibition Bremen 1954 (see below)
Grisebach
May. 31, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede - ”Kompositionsstudie: Zwei sitzende [sic!] Kinder zwischen Birkenstämmen”. 1902/03
Est: €14,000 - €18,000
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede ”Kompositionsstudie: Zwei sitzende [sic!] Kinder zwischen Birkenstämmen”. 1902/03 Charcoal on yellowish paper. On the reverse fragment: „Bein, auf einen Hocker gestellt“ 11 1/2 × 12 1/8 in. Confirmed in pencil lower right by Otto Modersohn: f[ür] PMB OM. Inscribed in pencil lower left: 75 [in a circle]
Grisebach
May. 30, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede - ”Birkenstämme, rechts ein rotes Haus”. Circa 1901
Est: €50,000 - €70,000
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede ”Birkenstämme, rechts ein rotes Haus”. Circa 1901 Tempera on cardboard 22 × 13 in. On the reverse confirmed by Tille Modersohn, the daughter of the artist, in pencil: Ich bezeuge, daß diese Arbeit von der Hand meiner Mutter Paula Modersohn-Becker gemalt ist, Fischerhude 1949. There too a label of the exhibition Kiel 1921 (see below)
Grisebach
May. 30, 2024
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede - ”Kopf eines Mädchens mit geschlossenem Kragen”. Circa 1905
Est: €100,000 - €150,000
Paula Modersohn-Becker Dresden 1876 – 1907 Worpswede ”Kopf eines Mädchens mit geschlossenem Kragen”. Circa 1905 Oil on cardboard 10 5/8 × 8 3/4 in. On the reverse a label of Kunstsalon Abels, Cologne
Grisebach
May. 25, 2024
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (1876 Dresden – 1907 Worpswede)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Sitzender Mädchenakt Kaltnadel auf Bütten. 18,5 x 14,8 cm (22 x 17,5 cm Passepartoutausschnitt). Von Otto Modersohn signiert "f. P. Modersohn-Becker O. Modersohn". Werner 2 b.
Dannenberg
May. 25, 2024
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (1876 Dresden – 1907 Worpswede)
Est: €1,500 - €1,800
Sitzende Alte Radierung mit Aquatinta auf Velin. Um 1899-1902. 19 x 14,5 cm (42 x 32 cm). Auflage von 125 Ex. Werner 3III b (von c). Erschienen in der 1. Mappe des 1. Jahrgangs "DIE SCHAFFENDEN" im Euphorion-Verlag.
Dannenberg
May. 25, 2024
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (1876 Dresden – 1907 Worpswede)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Bildnis einer Bäuerin Kaltnadel und Aquatinta auf festem Velin. Um 1900. 10 x 13,8 cm (13 x 16,5 cm). Von Otto Modersohn signiert "f. P. Modersohn-Becker O. Modersohn". Werner 6 III b (von III).
Dannenberg
Mar. 02, 2024
Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1876-1907) "Seated Girl", verso "Mother with Child", pencil, monogr. "f.PMB/OM" by Otto Modersohn (1865-1943), num. "67", 35,3x23,7cm (w.f. 52,3x40cm), yellowed, small marginal defects
Est: -
Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1876-1907) "Seated Girl", verso "Mother with Child", pencil, monogr. "f.PMB/OM" by Otto Modersohn (1865-1943), num. "67", 35,3x23,7cm (w.f. 52,3x40cm), yellowed, small marginal defects Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1876-1907) "Sitzendes Mädchen", verso "Stehende mit Kind auf dem Arm", Bleistift, monogr. "f.PMB./OM." durch Otto Modersohn (1865-1943), bez. u.l. "67", WVZ S II/25 und S/A 47, 35,3x23,7cm (m.R. 52,3x40cm), vergilbt, kleine Randdefekte, Provenienz: Privatbesitz Hamburg seit ca. 1935
Kendzia
Mar. 02, 2024
Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1876-1907) "Sitting old man", verso "Three girls' heads", pencil, b.r. monogr. "f.PMB/OM" by Otto Modersohn (1865-1943), 39x24cm (w.f. 55,5x39,3cm), yellowed
Est: -
Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1876-1907) "Sitting old man", verso "Three girls' heads", pencil, b.r. monogr. "f.PMB/OM" by Otto Modersohn (1865-1943), 39x24cm (w.f. 55,5x39,3cm), yellowed Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1876-1907) "Sitzender Bauer", verso "Drei Kopfstudien", Bleistift, u.r. monogr. "f PMB./OM" durch Otto Modersohn (1865-1943), WVZ S II/19 und S/A 15, 39x24cm (m.R. 55,5x39,3cm), Ausstellung 1976/1977 Hamburg, vergilbt, Provenienz: Privatbesitz Hamburg seit ca. 1935
Kendzia
Dec. 01, 2023
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Sitzender Junge mit Strohhut unter Birken, 1904
Est: €250,000 - €300,000
Dated '04.' in red lower left. Already shown in 1917 at the major Paula Modersohn-Becker exhibition at Hannover’s Kestner Gesellschaft, the provenance of the painting “Sitzender Junge mit Strohhut unter Birken” prominently features Bernhard Hoetger two years later. His purchase of the work in 1919 and its publication in his essay additionally indicate the significance of this captivating picture of a child (see Hoetger, 1919, op. cit.). The two artists had met in 1906 while both were in the midst of extended stays in Paris, and this meeting developed into an intense collaboration. When World War I began – Paula Modersohn-Becker had already died after giving birth to her child in 1907 – Hoetger and his wife moved to Worpswede, and he explained his choice to live there like this: “In those years, it became more and more clear to me that a landscape in whose air an art like that of Paula Modersohn could grow would also have to be the right atmosphere for my work” (cited in exh. cat. Bernhard Hoetger, Bildhauer – Maler – Baukünstler – Designer, Dortmund, 1984, p. 14). The people in Worpswede, often placed between the birch trees typical of the north German landscape, became one of the main motifs in the work of Paula Modersohn-Becker. As if searching for a pristine primitivity, she recorded – much like contemporary colleagues who found their motifs in the South Pacific or along the German shores of the Baltic – the rural populace of Worpswede. This led to images of children that are extraordinarily convincing in their concentrated simplicity: among these, the present example is remarkable for the monumentality of the natural element and the powerful presence of the boy. It is no coincidence that the figure depicted in bold red in the middle ground is reminiscent of a fly agaric mushroom, and she establishes a counterpoint to the earthy colours of the forest while gauging the depth of the depicted space. In terms of colour, the boy’s clothes correspond to the white of the stout birch trunks and his shoes to the earth tone of the forest floor, integrating the figure of the child into the landscape, while the blue of the sky is repeated in the blue of his stockings. The work depicts a sort of allegorical image of the common roots of humankind and nature.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Dec. 01, 2023
”Baumstamm vor Herbstlandschaft. Verso: Landschafts-studie mit Moorkanal”
Est: €50,000 - €70,000
”Baumstamm vor Herbstlandschaft. Verso: Landschafts-studie mit Moorkanal”
Grisebach
Dec. 01, 2023
”Vorzeichnung zur Radierung ,Die Frau mit der Kuh‘, verso: Sitzende Bäuerin mit Kind auf dem Schoß / Birkenstämme”
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
Upper right inscriibed with technical notes for the etching: Wolken Birken 0 Birke 5 (über 4) Himmel 2 Erde 4 u. 5 Wolken 5 Bäume 6 u. 12 Mütze 4 Kuh 14. Lower right confirmed by Tille Modersohn for the artist: f[ür] P.M.B. T.M
Grisebach
Nov. 23, 2023
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER CIRCLE
Est: €800 - €1,600
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER CIRCLE Circle of Paula Modersohn-Becker Children with Lanterns oil/cardboard, 62,5 x 53 cm ESTIMATE °€ 800 - 1600 STARTING PRICE °€ 800 The German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker, née Minna Hermine Paula Becker, was an important representative of early Expressionism. She received her first art lessons at the St. John's Wood Art School in London, founded by Elíseo Abelardo Calderón and Bernard E. Ward. In Bremen she received private painting lessons from Bernhard Wiegandt. In 1898, her uncle Wulf von Bültzingslöwen gave her a trip to Norway as a reward for her successful completion of her studies at the teachers' college; Both of them got to know the paintings of Edvard Munch there. In 1893 she saw pictures of the Worpswede artist circle for the first time in the Kunsthalle Bremen, by Otto Modersohn, Fritz Mackensen, Fritz Overbeck, Hand am Ende and Heinrich Vogler. Modersohn later became Becker's husband. In Berlin she took a course at the drawing and painting school of the Association of Berlin Artists, with Jacob Alberts and Curt Stoeving. In 1896 she began a year and a half of training: portrait painting with Jacob Alberts and Martin Körte, nude painting with Ernst Friedrich Hausmann, and landscape painting with Ludwig Dettmann. During this time she often met Rainer Maria Rilke, whom she later portrayed and who admired her art. A decade earlier, Kätze Kollwitz had studied at the so-called “Women's Academy” of the Association of Berlin Artists. In 1897 Becker was accepted into Jeanna Bauck's painting class at the Ladies Academy. Bauck made her want to go to Paris. In 1899 she met Carl Vinnen and Carl Hauptmann in Berlin. During her years in Berlin, Becker spent a lot of time drawing in museums. Similar to the Nazarenes before them, she particularly valued the artists of the German and Italian Renaissance such as Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, Hans Holbein the Elder. Ä., Titian, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci. Becker repeatedly spent a lot of time in the Worpswede artists' colony and in Paris. The artists of Worpswede, like the Barbizon school founded by Théodore Rousseau, sought a new understanding of nature. From around 1898 she designed Stollwerck pictures on behalf of the Cologne chocolate producer Ludwig Stollwerck together with Otto Modersohn, Fritz Overbeck and Heinrich Vogeler. In Paris she was, among other things, Paula Becker met Auguste Rodin and studied at the Académie Colarossi with Courtois, Collin and Louis-Auguste Girardot. In Paris, Becker visited Ottilie Reylaender, a student of Johann Hinrich Fehr and Fritz Mackensen. Another friend was Clara Westhoff. The Modersohn-Becker couple visited Carl's captain and met the sociologist Werner Sombart there. In Dresden they met Otto Mueller. Inspired by a sculpture shown at the Salon des Indépendants, Becker visited the sculptor Bernhard Hoetger in his Paris studio, which left a lasting impression on her and in her painting. As a result of her second stay in Paris around 1900, monumentality and severity in composition and form became increasingly important in Becker's work, which points to an intensive engagement with Paul Gaugin, Henri Matisse and Paul Cézanne. Furthermore, the stylistic proximity of her children's portraits to the paintings of the young Picasso from the Blue and Pink Periods is striking. Elements of Cubism can be seen in the portraits from 1906 and 1907. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
Widder Auctions
Jun. 07, 2023
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Mutter und Kind, 1906
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Indistinctly inscribed "Paula Modersohn-Becker geprüft - echt! [...] B H [...]" in pencil by Bernhard Hoetger lower left. We would like to thank Wolfgang Werner, Bremen/Berlin, for his kind academic support. The work is listed in the archive and is included in the as yet unpublished catalogue raisonné by Wolfgang Werner and Anne Röver-Kann.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jun. 06, 2023
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Untitled (Akt)
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
MODERSOHN-BECKER, PAULA 1876 Dresden - 1907 Worpswede Title: Untitled (Akt). Technique: Graphite on brown thin card. Measurement: 38 x 24,5cm. Notation: Monogrammed and inscribed lower right: P.M.B. T.M. Once more inscribed at upper left: 364. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame. The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of drawings currently in preparation. We would like to thank Ms Simone Ewald, Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Stiftung Bremen, for her kind, academic support. Provenance: - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. Explanations to the Catalogue
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Jun. 02, 2023
”Auf einem Stuhl sitzende Bäuerin vor Landschaft mit Haus”
Est: €150,000 - €200,000
Dated lower right: 03
Grisebach
Jun. 01, 2023
”Kinder im Birkenhain”
Est: €180,000 - €240,000
Dated lower left: 05
Grisebach
Jun. 01, 2023
”Zwei sitzende Kinder vor Birkenstämmen”
Est: €120,000 - €150,000
Dated lower left: 04
Grisebach
May. 06, 2023
Paula Modersohn-Becker - Zwei Bauernmädchen
Est: - €2,500
Zwei Bauernmädchen Radierung. Um 1900. 13,8 x 10 cm (30,8 x 24 cm). Von Otto Modersohn signiert. (31) Werner 8 II (von II). - Druck in Braun auf festem Papier. - Sehr gut erhalten.
Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen
May. 06, 2023
PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER (1876 Dresden – 1907 Worpswede)
Est: €1,500 - €1,800
Sitzender Mädchenakt Kaltnadel auf Kupferdruckpapier. 1900/1902. 16,5 x 6,5 cm (29,7 x 23,6 cm). Signiert "O. Modersohn." und bezeichnet " f. P. Modersohn-Becker". Pauli 1. Werner 2 a. Ausgezeichneter, filigraner Druck in Braunschwarz mit leicht eingeprägter Plattenkante und gleichmäßig zartem Plattenton. Werner erwähnt Abzüge auf Japan und auf Bütten. Die Auflagenhöhe ist unbekannt.
Dannenberg
Apr. 01, 2023
MODERSOHN-BECKER, PAULA. 1876 DRESDEN - 1907 WORPSWEDE. THE WOMAN WITH THE COW, ON THE VERSO TWO
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Modersohn-Becker, Paula. 1876 Dresden - 1907 Worpswede. The woman with the cow, on the verso two sketches. Around 1898/99, sheet on paper, signed on the lower right by Tille Modersohn f. P.M.B. T.M., sheet approx. 24 x 37 cm, framed under mount behind glass 44.5 x 47 cm, mount cut-out 20.2 x 24 cm, on the verso Sitting farmer's wife with child in her arms (motif approx. 20 x 23.5 cm) and Birch trunks in front of forest edge (motif approx. 20 x 13 cm), unopened. Very similar is the drawing ''The Woman with the Cow'' dated around 1989/99 (cat. PMB on the occasion of the 100th anniversary, Bremen 1976, no. 260, fig. 66), preparatory drawing for the etching of the same name, which was titled ''Woman with Moon Calf'' by the artist herself. Modersohn-Becker, Paula. 1876 Dresden - 1907 Worpswede. Die Frau mit der Kuh, verso zwei Entwurfszeichnungen. Um 1898/99. Blstft./Papier, u. re. von Tille Modersohn stellvertretend mit Blstft sign. f. P.M.B. T.M., Blatt ca. 24 x 37 cm, unter Pp. hinter Glas ger. 44,5 x 47 cm, Pp.-Ausschn. 20,2 x 24 cm, verso Sitzende Bäuerin mit Kind im Arm (Motiv ca. 20 x 23,5 cm) und Birkenstämme vor Waldsaum (Motiv ca. 20 x 13 cm), ungeöffn.- Sehr ähnlich ist die um 1989/99 datierte Zeichnung ''Die Frau mit der Kuh'' (Kat. PMB zum 100. Geburtstag, Bremen 1976, Nr. 260, Abb. 66), Vorzeichnung zur gleichnamigen Radierung, welche von der Künstlerin selber ''Frau mit Mondkalb'' betitelt wurde.
Historia Auctionata
Dec. 02, 2022
Stehender weiblicher Akt / Sitzender weiblicher Akt (zweiseitig)
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
Each confirmed by the daughter Tille Modersohn in pencil: f[ür] P.M.B. / T.M
Grisebach
Oct. 08, 2022
A GERMAN OIL PAINTING BY PAULA MODERSOHN BECKER
Est: $100 - $150
Paula (Modersohn) Becker (German, 1876 - 1907) oil on canvas painting, depicting a German landscape. Signed lower right. Unframed.
Antique Arena Inc
Jun. 25, 2022
Modersohn-Becker, Paula: Sitzendes Kind
Est: €800 - €1,000
Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876 - 1907 Sitting child Drypoint on paper, 1900/02; H 84 mm, W 120 mm; signed ''f. P. Modersohn-Becker O. Modersohn''; Werner 9
Peter Karbstein - Kunst und Auktionshaus
Jun. 22, 2022
Paula Modersohn-Becker – Bauerngehöft auf Amrum (Farmstead in Amrun)
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
Chalk on brown tinted paper. (1903). Ca. 20 x 30 cm. Monogrammed by Otto Modersohn lower right and inscribed “f. PMB.”, numbered “21” lower left in a circle. This drawing will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of drawings by the artist, which is currently being prepared by Anne Röver-Kann und Wolfgang Werner.
Karl & Faber
Jun. 20, 2022
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1
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Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907), ''The Woman with the Goose'', 1902, aquatint etching, signed by Otto Modersohn for Paula Modersohn-Becker at lower left, 12.7 x 17.5 cm, sheet dimensions 28 x 37.5 cm
Historia Auctionata
Jun. 04, 2022
Modersohn-Becker, Paula: Die Frau mit der Gans
Est: €1,800 - €2,500
Die Frau mit der Gans -- Radierung mit Aquatinta und Roulette in Dunkelgrün auf China. 1902. -- 12,8 x 17,8 cm (20,2 x 27,2 cm). -- Von Otto Modersohn zweifach signiert "O. Modersohn" (auf dem Blatt sowie auf dem Unterlagekarton) und bezeichnet "f. P. Modersohn-Becker" und "No 3" sowie vom Drucker Otto Felsing signiert. -- Werner 5 IV a (von b). -- -- Die einzige sicher datierte Radierung von Paula Modersohn-Becker. Die Platte wurde während des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Felsings Berliner Werkstatt zerstört. Brillanter Druck mit dem vollen Rand, selten. -- -- - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. -- - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 03, 2022
Modersohn-Becker, Paula: Schweizerhaus
Est: €300 - €500
Schweizerhaus -- Radierung mit Aquatinta in Dunkelgrün auf Bütten. 1899. -- 17,9 x 12,9 cm (34,9 x 26,1 cm). -- Von Tille Modersohn signiert "f.P.M.B.T.M.". -- Werner vor 1 c. -- -- Die ersten beiden Radierungen Paula Modersohn-Beckers von einer Platte abgezogen. Da es keine Drucke zu Lebzeiten gab, hat Herbert Jaeckel, Worpswede, die Platten 1971 im Auftrag des Nachlasses gedruckt. Prachtvolle Drucke mit dem vollen Rand, unten mit dem Schöpfrand. -- -- - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. -- - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 03, 2022
Modersohn-Becker, Paula: Sitzender Mädchenakt
Est: €400 - €600
Sitzender Mädchenakt -- Kaltnadel in Braun auf Velin. -- 18,9 x 15 cm (37 x 30,6 cm). -- Signiert von Otto Modersohn " f.P. Modersohn-Becker O. Modersohn". -- Werner 2 b. -- -- Ausgezeichneter Druck mit dem vollen Rand, gedruckt von Otto Felsing, Berlin. – Beigegeben: Eine weitere Radierung mit Aquatinta der Künstlerin "Sitzende Alte" (Werner 3 III b (von c)). -- -- - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. -- - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 02, 2022
”Brustbild eines Jungen vor Apfelbäumen”
Est: €120,000 - €180,000
”Brustbild eines Jungen vor Apfelbäumen” On the reverse on the right dated in pencil: Aug. 1901
Grisebach
May. 14, 2022
Paula Modersohn-Becker – Die Frau mit der Gans
Est: - €4,000
Die Frau mit der Gans Radierung. 1902. 12,8 x 18 cm (30 x 40 cm). Von Otto Modersohn mit „f. P. Modersohn-Becker“ signiert. (16)Werner 5 IV b (von IV b). – Gedruckt bei Otto Felsing in Berlin. – Vorzüglicher, toniger Abzug in Dunkelgrün mit schönem Plattenglanz. – Auf festem, etwas getöntem Kupferdruckpapier. – Sehr gut erhalten.
Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen
Dec. 03, 2021
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Landschaft mit Birkenweg im Herbst, Circa 1900
Est: €80,000 - €100,000
Verso with faded illegible confirmation by Otto Modersohn and inscribed "Worpswede Sept. 1923" and "L H HB"[?]. The landscape of Worpswede is defined by the brown of the moor, the greenish brown of the heather, the windswept trees and a lofty sky. It was in these inhospitable surroundings - which offered their inhabitants only a modest living defined by difficult labour - where Paula Modersohn-Becker lived from 1898, when she joined the artist's colony which had gathered there around her teacher Fritz Mackensen, Hans am Ende, Heinrich Vogeler and her future husband Otto Modersohn. Like her male colleagues, she found an inexhaustible source of inspiration in the austere beauty of the landscape and the simple existence of its inhabitants. From the beginning the artist was searching for her own independent way of expressing herself artistically - earnestly and unsentimentally seeking the greatest possible authenticity. She developed a reductive, two-dimensional manner of painting that concentrated on the image's essential messages. This was entirely in harmony with nature's unwelcoming character at Worpswede and additionally pointed to the new ideas among avant-garde artists. Here, between the clouds torn apart by the wind, a gently blue sky rises above a landscape dominated by tones of brown. A farm track describes a gentle curve in the middle of the heather-covered fields; it is lined with young birch trees whose leaves have already turned to autumn colours. Their delicately rising little trunks form the focus of the painter's interest while the plain stretching all the way to the horizon is summarily depicted. There is a balance between the earthy gravity and the optimism in this work from around 1900, and they can be seen as a metaphor for the course that Paula Modersohn-Becker's artistic development would take in the years that followed.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Dec. 01, 2021
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Sitzender Junge mit Mädchen auf dem Schoß
Est: €200,000 - €300,000
MODERSOHN-BECKER, PAULA 1876 Dresden - 1907 Worpswede Title: Sitzender Junge mit Mädchen auf dem Schoß. Date: Ca. 1903. Technique: Tempera and oil on cardboard. Mounting: Mounted on card. Measurement: 40 x 52cm. Notation: Confirmed verso on the cardboard: Original von Paula Modersohn-Becker, Fischerhude, 5 VIII 23, Otto Modersohn. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Provenance: - Otto Modersohn - Alois Heinemann, Osnabrück (acquired through Martha Vogeler in the early 1940s) - Private collection Osnabrück - Graphisches Kabinett-Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner KG, Bremen - Private collection Berlin (acquired from the aforementioned in 1996) Exhibitions: - Städtisches Museum, Osnabrück 1949, cat. no. 40, ill. - Otto Modersohn Museum, Fischerhude 2007 - Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr 2014, p. 19, ill. 61 Literature: - Busch, Günther/Werner, Wolfgang (eds.): Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876-1907 - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. II, Munich 1998, cat. rais. no. 399, ill. - Wolff-Thomsen, Ulrike (ed.): Paula Modersohn-Becker & Otto Modersohn - Die Amrum-Reise 1903, Alkersum/Föhr 2014, p. 19, ill. 61 - The portraits of Worpswede peasant children are the artist's most popular and sought-after motifs, which today are counted among the masterpieces of European art - She expresses the soulful depths of the child's mind in a unique way - Through her holistic artistic thinking, she develops an abstract pictorial language that can only be regarded as pioneering. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Oct. 30, 2021
A GERMAN OIL PAINTING BY PAULA MODERSOHN BECKER
Est: $100 - $150
Paula (Modersohn) Becker (German, 1876 - 1907) oil on canvas painting, depicting a German landscape. Signed lower right. Unframed.
Antique Arena Inc
Oct. 30, 2021
Paula Modersohn-Becker (Dresden 1876 - 1907 Worpswede) - Sitzende Alte.
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Paula Modersohn-Becker (Dresden 1876 - 1907 Worpswede) Sitzende Alte. Radierung in Braun auf chamoisfarbenem Büttenkarton. 1902. 18,6 x 14,5 (44,3 x 31,4) cm, unter Passepartout. Unter Glas gerahmt. Von Otto Modersohn autorisiert. Werner 3 III - Provenienz: Vom Vorbesitzer 2013 in der Galerie Cohrs-Zirus, Worpswede, erworben (Rechnung in Kopie beiliegend). - Die beiden unteren Ecken minimal knitterspurig. Schaetzpreis €700
Dr. Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen GmbH
Jul. 14, 2021
Paula Modersohn-Becker – Die Gänsemagd (The goose girl)
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Etching with aquatint on cream wove. (Around 1900). Ca. 25.5 x 20.5 cm (sheet size ca. 44 x 35 cm). Signed by Otto Modersohn and inscribed "f. P. Modersohn-Becker" lower left. Posthumous print from 1922-23.
Karl & Faber
Jun. 26, 2021
A GERMAN OIL PAINTING BY PAULA MODERSOHN BECKER
Est: $100 - $150
Paula (Modersohn) Becker (German, 1876 - 1907) oil on canvas painting, depicting a German landscape. Signed lower right. Unframed.
Antique Arena Inc
Jun. 16, 2021
Paula Modersohn-Becker: Weidender Schimmel im Mondlicht
Est: €250,000 - €350,000
MODERSOHN-BECKER, PAULA 1876 Dresden - 1907 Worpswede Title: Weidender Schimmel im Mondlicht. Date: 1901. Technique: Oil tempera on card. Measurement: 50 x 56,cm. Notation: Dated lower right: 1901. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. A certificate by Mr. Rainer Noeres, Otto Modersohn Museum, Fischerhude, dated 10th April 2019 is available for this painting. Provenance: - Collection Elvira Bachrach, Brussels (1919). - Collection Hilde Lehmann, Duisburg (1928) - Martha Vogeler, Worpswede (1951) - Georg Alig, Lucerne (1956) - Guggenheim, Zurich (1958) - Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern 1958, Auct. 93, no. 354 - Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, Auct. 33, no. 598, ill. panel 26 (label) - Private collection (1959) - Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg 1996, Auct. 318, 578, ill. - Private collection Fischerhude (1996) - Dr. Nöth, Kunsthandel + Galerie, Ansbach - Private collection Exhibitions: - Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf 1928/29, no. 24 - Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm 2018/19 Literature: - Busch, Günther/Werner, Wolfgang (eds.): Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876-1907 - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. II, Munich 1998, cat. rais. no. 212, ill. - Sidén, Karen (ed.): Paula Modersohn-Becker och konstnärskolonin i Worpswede, Stockholm 2018, cat. no. 25, ill. p. 29.
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Dec. 09, 2020
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Zwei Mädchen hinter kahlem Baum. Verso: Mädchenporträt (cropped), 1903
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Inscribed "f. P.M.B. / T.M." in pencil by Tille Modersohn lower right. Verso with handwritten registration number "G K 25" by Tille Modersohn. The work has been included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of drawings by Paula Modersohn-Becker by Anne Röver and Wolfgang Werner, Bremen.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG