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Helmut Kolle gen. vom Hügel

Helmut Kolle gen. vom Hügel

Helmut Kolle gen. vom Hügel 1899 - 1931 Junger Mann mit Sixpence-Mütze. 1931. Oil on canvas. 92 x 73.2 cm (36.2 x 28.8 in). [KA]. Weitere Werke aus der Sammlung Kropatscheck kommen in unserem Evening Sale am Freitag, den 4. Dezember 2026, in unserer Auktion „Wertvolle Bücher“ am Montag, dem 23. November 2026, sowie in unserem Online Sale vom 15. Januar bis zum 15. Februar 2027 zum Aufruf. • The artist’s last work: the final painting in Helmut Kolle’s tragically premature oeuvre. • The artist died while still working on this painting, leaving behind a distinguished body of work that has been the subject of art-historical scholarship since the 1980s. • Characteristic reduction of form combined with great painterly density. • Once part of the collection of Kolle’s partner, the influential art dealer Wilhelm Uhde. PROVENANCE: Wilhelm Uhde Collection, Paris (until at least 1947). Dr. Richard Moering Collection, Hamburg (circa 1953). Dr. Walter Kropatscheck, Heligoland (acquired from the above) Fritz Eugen and Hannemarie Kropatscheck Collection, Hamburg (inherited from the above). EXHIBITION: Helmut Kolle, Erste Ausstellung in Deutschland, Kunstverein Hamburg; Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1952–53, cat. no. 30 (under the title “Das letzte Bild”), no illustration Helmut Kolle. Ein Deutscher in Paris, Chemnitz Art Collections, Gunzenhauser Museum, Nov. 7, 2010–May 1, 2011; Ernst Barlach House, Hermann F. Reemtsma Foundation, Hamburg, May 22–Sept. 25, 2011, cat. no. 68 (with full-page ill. p. 162 (detail) and p. 277). LITERATURE: Philippe Gérard Chabert, Helmut Kolle 1899–1931. Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre peinte, 2 vols., dissertation, Université de Paris I. Sorbonne, Paris 1981, CR no. 283. Philippe Gérard Chabert, Der Maler Helmut Kolle: “Der einzige Deutsche Maler?” in: Exhibition catalog Helmut Kolle, Ein Deutscher in Paris, Chemnitz/Hamburg, Munich 2010, p. 28 Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.20 h +/- 20 min.

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