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3296
Spitzweg, Carl
1808 Munich - 1885 ibid.
Sitting male nude with anatomical sketch.
Circa
H 36,5,
Through differentiated shading and hatching, Spitzweg brings out the three-dimensionality of the model. «It is that fidelity to the object that he follows most closely. [...] The conditioning of the voluminous musculature and the structure of the extremities are subject to interpretations that Spitzweg had already collected in Italy. [...] Either way, in the early nude drawings there is a certain object alertness of the haptic.» from: Siegfried Wichmann, Spitzweg, Die frühesten Spitzwegbilder, Reihe für vergleichende und angewandte Kunstgeschichte (R.f.v.u.a.K.), without number, Lipp Verlag Munich n.d., p. 13.
«Several nude drawings are known from Spitzweg's œuvre, some of them even bear the name of the person depicted. Most of these nude drawings were done between 1831 and 1835.» (Detlef Rosenberger, Oberostendorf, 01.06.2020).
Statement: Detlef Rosenberger, Oberostendorf, 01.06.2020.
We would like to thank Detlef Rosenberger, Oberostendorf, for the scientific consultation, based on the original.
Provenance: collection Emil Keck inventory number 281a - 8 - 52; estate Curt Edgar Schreiber, former managing director of the watch factory Mauthe, Schwenningen, and successors.
Catalogue raisonné: The work is listed in the upcoming digital catalogue raisonné by Detlef Rosenberger.
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