Anita Rée

Anita Rée 1885 - 1933 Der heilige Kuss (Kleine Ruhe auf der Flucht, Mutter mit Kind). 1929. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. 70 x 50.5 cm (27.5 x 19.8 in). [AW]. • A particularly sensitive depiction with delicate, subdued colors. • An intimate reference to the early Italian Renaissance: “Mother and Child” is one of the oldest and most important motifs in art history. • At the time of its creation, shortly before the National Socialists came to power, Anita Rée was at the height of her artistic career. • Alongside Max Beckmann, she is the central figure in the exhibition “This is the Modern World” at the Hamburger Kunsthalle (September 2026 through May 2027). • In the family collection of the Hamburg art collector and patron Emmi Ruben (1875–1955) since its creation almost 100 years ago. PROVENANCE: Emmi Ruben Collection, Hamburg (1929). In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, undated (with the gallery label on the reverse). Ich kann mich in so einer Welt nicht mehr zurecht finden. Jewish Artists of the Hamburg Secession, Altonaer Museum, Norddeutsches Landesmuseum, Hamburg, Oct. 18, 1989–Jan. 14, 1990. Vierhundert Jahre Juden in Hamburg, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg, Nov. 8, 1991–Mar. 29, 1992. LITERATURE: Maike Bruhns (author), Kunsthalle Hamburg (publisher), Anita Rée. Das Werk, Munich 2018, CR no. G140 (with color illu. on p. 111). - - Maike Bruhns, Anita Rée. Leben und Werk einer Hamburger Malerin 1885–1933, 2nd rev. ed., Hamburg 2001, p. 59 (with illu. 58) . Thomas Auwärter, Kein Heimatrecht im Reich der Kunst? Anita Rée, eine christliche Künstlerin jüdischer Herkunft, in: Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte, vol. 126, No. 2–3, 2015, pp. 267–297, p. 285. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.18 h +/- 20 min.

Estimation:25.000€

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