Max Slevogt

Max Slevogt 1868 - 1932 Stillleben mit Äpfeln, Trauben und Zwetschgen. (Vor) 1920. Oil on canvas. Signed in the upper left. 61 x 84 cm (24 x 33 in). Max Slevogt memtioned the preent work in a handwritten inventory of paintings as “red apples and plums”, along with a note regarding the owner: “Steinbart?” [AW]. • A particularly radiant and lively fruit still life by the important German Impressionist. • With a masterfully loose and dynamic brushstroke, Max Slevogt captures the ephemeral on canvas. • Once in the family collection of Slevogt collector and patron Carl Steinbart (1852–1923) for 100 years. • The artist’s fruit still lifes are held in renowned museums, including the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe, and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. The authenticity of this work was verbally confirmed by Bernhard Geil. PROVENANCE: Collection of Carl Steinbart, Berlin (purchased from the artist ca. 1920/1923). Collection of Dora Stach, née Steinbart, Amsterdam (inherited from the above in 1923; remained in the family until 2022). Private collection, Northern Germany (acquired from the above). EXHIBITION: Herbstausstellung, Academy of Arts, Berlin, 1920. Max Slevogt. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Pastelle, Zeichnungen. Zu seinem 60. Geburtstage, Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin, Oct./Nov. 1928, cat. no. 142 (p. 15, dated “1922” here). Schilderkunst uit La Belle Epoque, Singer Museum, Laren, 1964, cat. no. 64. LITERATURE: Hans-Jürgen Imiela, Max Slevogt. A Monograph, Karlsruhe 1968, p. 437, note 1. - - Max J. Friedländer. Die Herbausstellung der Berliner Akademie, in: Kunst und Künstler, vol. XIX, no. 4, January 1921, pp. 124–138, here p. 133 (with illu. on p. 124). Wilken von Alten, Max Slevogt, Bielefeld/Leipzig 1926, pp. 71ff. and p. 69 (with ill. 82). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.44 h +/- 20 min.

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