31/05/2026
Our Senior Specialist Modern Art, Annegret Thoma, recommends a remarkable and intimate work by August Macke:
Naked Woman with Child, 1912
Estimate: €40,000–60,000
Created during Macke’s celebrated Bonn years (1911–1913), this luminous oil sketch captures the artist at the height of his creative powers. With vibrant colours and spontaneous brushwork, the composition combines two recurring themes in Macke’s oeuvre: the n**e and the child.
While the scene may evoke the intimacy of family life, the work transcends portraiture and instead reflects Macke’s vision of harmony, nature, and an earthly paradise, a world of warmth, light, and human connection.
Macke’s Bonn period was shaped not only by his involvement with the Blue Rider and the Rhenish Expressionists, but also by a deeply personal sense of happiness rooted in family life and everyday moments. These themes became central to his artistic language and continue to resonate today.
A rare and expressive work filled with summer atmosphere, radiant colour, and emotional immediacy.
From our Auction
Modern Art & Post War / Contemporary Art
Evening Sale
11 June 2026
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