Helmut Kolle gen. vom Hügel

Helmut Kolle gen. vom Hügel 1899 - 1931 Selbstbildnis im Jagdkostüm. Um 1930. Oil on canvas. Signed in the upper left. 100 x 81 cm (39.3 x 31.8 in). [JS]. More works from the Kropatscheck Collection are offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, December 4, 2026; our “Valuable Books” auction on Monday, November 23, 2026; and in our Online Sale from January 15 through February 15, 2027. • Helmut Kolle – Protagonist of Parisian modernism between the wars: prematurely deceased – forgotten – rediscovered. • Masterpiece: One of the artist’s famous and widely published paintings. • Self-portrayal: One of his last self-portraits, the severely ill artist as a dandy in a red hunting coat. • Significance: This self-portrait was displayed in the salon of Kolle’s home in Chantilly and he selected it for his London gallerist on his deathbed. • Exhibition history: Featured in all major Kolle exhibitions, it graced their exhibition posters and was most recently on permanent loan to the Hamburger Kunsthalle. • Provenance: Part of the Hamburg Modern Art Collection of Fritz Eugen and Hannemarie Kropatscheck for over 30 years. PROVENANCE: Lucy Carrington Wertheim, London (since 1930). Private collection, England. Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf (circa 1988). Fritz Eugen and Hannemarie Kropatscheck Collection, Hamburg (possibly acquired from the above in 1988, or no later than 1994). EXHIBITION: Paintings by Kolle, Dealer’s Catalogue, published to accompany an exhibition held at Wertheim Gallery, London, typescript, National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1935, cat. no. 12. Paintings by Kolle, Dealer’s Catalogue, published to accompany an exhibition held at Wertheim Gallery, London, typescript, National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1938, cat. no. 6. Helmut Kolle, Galerie Vömel, Art Cologne, Cologne, 1988. Helmut Kolle 1899–1931, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, 1994, cat. no. 73 (“Selbstbildnis mit Jagdkostüm” depicted on the exhibition's poster). Helmut Kolle. Ein Deutscher in Paris, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser, Nov. 7, 2010–Jan. 5, 2011; Ernst Barlach House, Hermann F. Reemtsma Foundation, Hamburg, May 22–September 25, 2011, pp. 52–53, cat. no. 65 (with color illustration) (“Selbstbildnis mit Jagdkostüm” depicted on exhibition poster and banners). Kunsthalle Hamburg (permanent loan from the Kropatscheck Collection, 2020–2026). LITERATURE: Philippe Gérard Chabert: Helmut Kolle 1899–1931. Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre peint, 2 vols., Dissertation, University of Paris I–Sorbonne, Paris 1981, CR no. 272. - Wilhelm Uhde, Der Maler Helmut Kolle. Das Bildnis eines Frühvollendeten, Zurich/Berlin 1935, p. 53. Lucy Carrington Wertheim, Adventure in Art, London/Brussels 1947, p. 25, Plate II. Harald Behm, “Helmut Kolle (1899–1931): Früh vollendet und in Vergessenheit geraten, in: Weltkunst, no. 21, 1985, pp. 3298–3301. Helmut Kolle, Galerie Vömel, Art Cologne, Cologne, Düsseldorf 1988, pp. 54ff. “Kolle was lying in bed, and the moment I saw him, my heart sank. He was obviously so hopelessly, hopelessly ill. I went and sat down by his bed and asked him to tell me what I could do to make him feel better. He asked me to buy the self-portrait in hunting attire that was hanging downstairs in his living room. [.] I agreed, and his gratitude was infinitely touching.” Lucy Carrington Wertheim, *Adventure in Art*, London/Brussels 1947, p. 25. “Just as Marie Laurencin and Tamara de Lempicka addressed and challenged the role of women in their portraits and figure paintings, Helmut Kolle—particularly through his depictions of athletes and soldiers—questioned the established image of men and raised awareness of its questionable nature and fragility.” Thomas Bauer-Friedrich, Von Boxern, Toreros und Spahis – Helmut Kolles Figurenbilder, in: Helmut Kolle: Ein Deutscher in Paris, exhibition catalog, Bonn 2010, p. 178 Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.38 h +/- 20 min.

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