Wladimir Georgiewitsch von Bechtejeff

Wladimir Georgiewitsch von Bechtejeff 1878 - 1971 Leda und der Schwan. 1912. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed in the lower left. 165 x 136 cm (64.9 x 53.5 in). With two stamps of the art supplies store Richard Wurm, Munich, on the reverse, and inscribed with the artist’s name, the title, and the inventory number of Galerie Arnold, Dresden, on the stretcher. [AT/EH]. • MUSEUM MASTERPIECE from 1912, created during the pivotal early period of Munich Expressionism, in the immediate circle of the “Blauer Reiter.” • AVANT-GARDE STYLE The crystalline landscape and expressive use of color show remarkable parallels to Franz Marc’s groundbreaking compositions. • MONUMENTAL AND EXTREMELY RARE Measuring 165 × 136 cm, this is an exceptionally large-scale painting from Bechtejeff’s most significant creative phase. Large portions of his early oeuvre are considered lost. • SIGNIFICANT PROVENANCE Formerly in the renowned Werner Dücker Collection in Düsseldorf and exhibited at the Neue Künstlervereinigung München as early as 1912. • REDISCOVERED In 2018, the Schlossmuseum Murnau honored the artist with a comprehensive retrospective, once again highlighting his significance for early Modernism. PROVENANCE: Kunstverein Barmen (likely acquired directly from the artist in December 1912 or taken on consignment until March 1913). Werner Dücker Collection, Düsseldorf (acquired from the above in March 1913). Private collection, Germany. Kunsthandel Saarbrücken (acquired from the above approximately 25 years ago). Private collection, Saxony (acquired from the above). Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 2021, Ketterer Kunst). EXHIBITION: Exhibition of 41 works by the Neue Künstlervereinigung München, Kunstverein Barmen, December 1912 (no catalog). Die neue Malerei. Expressionist Exhibition, January 1914, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, cat. no. 14 (title: “Leda,” on loan from Werner Dücker, Düsseldorf, “not for sale.” The gallery’s handwritten inventory number is on the stretcher). LITERATURE: Ledger of the Barmen Art Association, “Management Records from 1904 Onward,” Archive of the Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal (copy), fol. 92 (“Sales to Private Individuals”). Antje Birthälmer and Sabine Fehlemann, Die “Neue Künstlervereinigung München” und ihre Verbindungen zur rheinischen Kunstszene, in: Der Blaue Reiter und das Neue Bild 1909–1912. From the “Neue Künstlervereinigung München” to the “Blauer Reiter,” catalog accompanying the exhibition at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, July 2–October 3, 1999, pp. 276–285, here p. 284, note 65. Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 525, Evening Sale, December 10, 2021, lot 203 (with color illustration). Agnes Thum, Kandinskys Treppe zum Schloss—ein Bild mit Geschichte, in: Murnau Castle Museum (ed.), Und morgen nach Murnau!, Murnau 2022, color illustration p. 12. Jelena Hahl-Fontaine, in: Wladimir von Bechtejeff 1878–1971. Wiederentdeckt! (Rediscovered!), exhibition catalog, Murnau 2018, p. 17. Jelena Hahl-Fontaine, in: Wladimir von Bechtejeff 1878-1971. Wiederentdeckt!, exhib. cat. Murnau 2018, p. 17. Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 17.46 h +/- 20 min.

Estimation:180.000€

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