Conrad Felixmüller
(Dresden 1897 - 1977 Berlin-Zehlendorf)
"Child in front of blast furnace" (Kind vor Hochofen)
March 1927
Signed and dated: „Haspe März 1927. C. Felixmüller“ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Height: 115 cm, width 75 cm
Provenance:
Owned by the painter until 1974, then acquired by Ludwig Wulf, who himself is depicted as a child in the painting.
Exhibitions:
„Verborgene Kunst in Kierspe und Meinerzhagen“ Ausstellung von Werken aus Privatbesitz (="Hidden art in Kierspe and Meinerzhagen" exhibition of works from private ownership), November 2-3, 1997.
Literature:
Ludwig Wulf: „Hell leuchteten die Abstiche“. In: Haspe gestern, heute, morgen. Verlags-Sonderveröffentlichung (Special publication of the newspaper publishing house), March 17, 1995, with illustration.
Sabine Loos: „Der blonde Knabe am Hasper Hochofen […] (= The blond boy at the Hasper blast furnace). In: Westfälische Rundschau (newspaper) from October 31,1997.