Lot: 323

Hans Meid (1883 Pforzheim - 1957 Ludwigsburg)
'Dame in Rot mit Hut' and 'Akt vor dem Spiegel', 1904

Oil on panel, painted on recto and verso. Approx. 75.0 x 54.2 cm (plate), 90.5 x 70.2 cm (frame). Signed recto lower left: Meid and dated: (19)04, verso signed lower left and right: Meid and dated left: (19)04 (oil). The front of the double-sided painting is a study based on numerous Trübner portraits; The reverse is particularly interesting, as it is the first known depiction of a nude by Meid. Framed.

Not de-framed. Provenance: North German private collection. Verso at the top center a defect in the application of paint.

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Hammer Price: 3,000 €

166B - Modern Art
30. November 2022 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Features in: F.H. Franken: Hans Meid. Leben und Werk, Stuttgart 1987, pp. 40 and 42.