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Mother and Child, c. 1904

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on cardboard
71.3×54.8×2.4 cm

Artists

  • Paula Modersohn-Becker

    (Dresden 1876–1907 Worpswede)

Currently on display at EG
Paula Modersohn Becker (1876-1907) is amongst the most significant female artists of early Expressionism who left behind an impressive and nuanced Oeuvre of paintings and drawings. In addition to study visits to Berlin and Paris, she also took up residence in the northern German village of Worpswede. Some of her most prominent artworks were created there. Modersohn-Becker worked cross-genre, mostly devoting herself to the visualisation of women and particularly to the portrayal of mother and child, as shown in the artwork Mother and Child painted around 1904. Fully committed to the art historical tradition of Madonna depictions, the painter drew in on a popular subject, but created in her unmistakable painterly style – varying between pasty brushstrokes and flat colour application – an extremely perceptive double portrait.

AS, 2025

Object data

Artist/author
  • Paula Modersohn-Becker
Title
Mother and Child
Date
c. 1904
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
71.3×54.8×2.4 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 8248, Donation from a Private Collection
Inventory access
Accession 2024
Selection of Reference works
  • Günter Busch/Wolfgang Werner: Paula Modersohn - Becker 1876–1907. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde. Band II, München 1998.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Busch/Werner 1998: 463
Keywords
woman/girlchildmother and baby/young childclothing (upper part of the body)hairdress (fem.)

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Nachlass Paula Modersohn-Becker, Worpswede (1907);
Otto Modersohn, Fischerhude (1907-1921);
Graphisches Kabinett, Bremen (1921);
Theodor Kottmeier, Bremen (1923); (1)
Manfred Hausmann, Bremen (vor 1940-1986);
Familie Hausmann, Stuttgart (1986); (2)
Fishman collection, Milwaukee (1989);
Auktion: 07.06.1989, Sotheby´s München, Los Nr. 12 (Abb. S. 19);
Privatbesitz Monte-Carlo (1990); (3)
Auktion: 23.11.1990, Villa Grisebach Berlin, Auktionen Nr. 15, Los Nr. 7; (4)
Privatsammlung Deutschland (1990-2024); (5)
Auktion: 10.10.2024, Christies London, Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale, Los Nr. 239

  1. Günter Busch und Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Band II, München 1998, S. 324, Nr. 463
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Email von Martin Hausmann an Dr. Alfred Fehringer (LMPS) vom 19.10.2024
  3. Busch/Werner, Modersohn-Becker, WV Nr. 463
  4. Villa Grisebach, Katalog zur 15. Kunstauktion, Berlin 1990
  5. Christies London, Katalog zur Auktion vom 10.10.2024: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6498178

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woman/girlchildmother and baby/young childclothing (upper part of the body)hairdress (fem.)

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