Weasels at Play, 1911

East Building, Mezzanine — Gallery 217-A

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 101 x 68 cm (39 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Arnold and Joan Saltzman

Accession Number

2020.112.2

Artists / Makers

Franz Marc (painter) German, 1880 - 1916

Image Use

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Provenance

Bernhard Koehler [1882–1964], Berlin and Munich, by 1936 until at least 1955.[1] Berthold von Bohlen and Halbach [1913-1987], Essen. (Leonard Hutten Galleries, New York), in 1968. Julian J. Aberbach, New York, by 1979. (Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London). Arnold A. [1916-2014] and Joan R. [1919-2019] Saltzman, Sands Point, New York; gift 2020 to NGA.

[1] Alois Schardt, F. Marc, Berlin, 1936: 163. The painting was exhibited as part of Koehler's collection in Berlin in 1947, and at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in 1955.

Associated Names

Aberbach, Julian J.
Gibson Fine Art, Thomas
Hutton Galleries, Leonard
Koehler, Bernhard
Saltzman, Arnold, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1947: Franz Marc, Auguste Macke, Paul A. Seehaus, Aus der Sammlung Bernhard Koehler, Galerie Walter Schuler, Berlin, 1947, no. 1, repro.

1955: Franz Marc, Stedeijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1955, no. 9.

1979: Franz Marc: Pioneer of Spiritual Abstraction, University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1979-1980, no. 14.

2001: German Expressionist Paintings from the Saltzman Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002.

2018: Franz Marc and August Macke, 1909-1914, Neue Galerie New York; Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 2018-2019 (shown only in New York).

Bibliography

1940: Marc, Franz. Briefe aus dem Feld. Berlin, 1940: repro. opposite 81.

1989: Rosenthal, Mark. Franz Marc. Munich, 1989: no. 16, repro.

2004: Hoberg, Annegret and Isabelle Jansen. Franz Marc: The Complete Works, Volume 1, The Oil Paintings. London, 2004:163, no.144, repro.