Artist: Franz Marc (German, 1880 - 1916).
Title: "Nackt mit zwei Hirschen in einer Landschaft".
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1913-14.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 x 10 3/4 in. (178 x 273 mm). Image size: 7 x 10 3/4 in. (178 x 273 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil lower right, recto; collector stamp lower right recto; signed again in pencil, verso; collector ink stamps, verso. Drawn on lightly textured cream wove paper. The work is in very good condition; four pin pricks, outside of the image, lower left recto; remains of hinging tape, verso; very small stain center right, verso; paper fragment, originally glued but now taped with conservation tape, verso; there is no telegraphing to the recto from the tape, stain, or paper fragment; upper right corner slightly creased; overall the work presents very well. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: provenance@stanfordauctioneers.com for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Two recent auction sales of works comparable to our example are “Hund vor der Welt,” 1911-12, monochromatic black and white drawing on paper, 6 5/8” x 4 1/8,” sold for $62,330 (€56,550) including premium at Dorotheum, Vienna, 11/26/2019, lot #108; and “Hirsch und Reh,” 1913, pencil on paper, 5 15/16” x 4 5/8,” sold for $30,680 (€26,250) including premium at Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 06/20/2020, lot #176. Marc was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter, a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it. [30195-2-30000]

The work is in very good condition; four pin pricks, outside of the image, lower left recto; remains of hinging tape, verso; very small stain center right, verso; paper fragment, originally glued but now taped with conservation tape, verso; there is no telegraphing to the recto from the tape, stain, or paper fragment; upper right corner slightly creased; overall the work presents very well.