Beschreibung:

λ CHRISTIAN SCHAD (GERMAN 1894-1982)
PARISER HÄUSER, "VATER CAFARD"
Pencil
With artist's annotations throughout; inscribed "Aus dem Nachlaß Christan Schad" by the artist's widow, Bettina Schad (verso)
25.5 x 17cm (10 x 6½ in.)
Drawn in 1929, the present work is a preliminary sketch for a watercolour of the same name.
Provenance:
Studio of the artist
Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above) , Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 26 November 2003, lot 965
Richard Nagy, London
Acquired from the above, 21 March 2006
Exhibited:
Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Christian Schad-Archiv, Christian Schad - Zeichnungen, 1990 (reproduced in the exhibition catalogue p. 34)
Hamburg, Ernst Barlach Museum, Christian Schad. Werkschau, 1999
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee & Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, Christian Schad. Vom Expressionismus zum magischen Realismus, 1999-2000
Erfurt, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Christian Schad. Die Magie des Realen, 2000-01
Wolfsburg, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Christian Schad. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphiken und Schadographien, 2001
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny - Musée Maillol, Christian Schad - Peintures, dessins, schadographies, 2002/2003 (reproduced in the exhibition catalogue p. 166
New York, Neue Galerie, Museum for German and Austrian Art, Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit, 2003, (reproduced in the exhibition catalogue p. 202)