Otto Modersohn, 1865 Soest - 1943 Rotenburg

Otto Modersohn,
1865 Soest - 1943 Rotenburg

Two paintings on either side of an artist’s board
ÜBERSCHWEMMTE MÜMMEWIESEN
and verso
BILDNIS DER LOUISE MODERSOHN-BREILING

Oil on artist’s board.
50.8 x 64.7 cm.
Signed “O Modersohn” lower right, ca. 1924. Portrait of Louise Modersohn-Breling on the reverse, ca. 1912.

Accompanied by an expert’s report from the Otto Modersohn-Museum, Fischerhude, 19 April 2020.

Provenance:
Estate of Otto Modersohn.
Northern Germany, private collection.

Notes:
The painting designed in landscape format in bright, light colouration with a view across the alluvial land of the River Mümmel. According to the expert report it was created ca. 1924.
As other paintings by the artist show, Modersohn painted artist’s boards times on both sides, such as the painting Wiesenlandschaft am alten Wümme-Nordarm ca. 1920-22, on the back of which is the older depiction Frühjahr an der Wümme ca. 1910, which was offered at Van Ham in December 2020 under lot 25. Modersohn designed the painting Sommerwolken/ Überschwemmte Wümmelwiesen mit drei Mädchen in a similarly light colours in 1910, the artist’s board there also painted on both sides; it was sold at Koller Zurich in June 2009 as lot 3240. According to the enclosed expert's report from the Otto Modersohn Museum, the female portrait on the back was created in ca. 1912. It depicts Otto Modersohn’s third wife, Louise Modersohn-Breling.