Watercolor over black chalk. With the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b) and the handwritten number “A Da/Aa 73” on the reverse. On light, white-primed cardboard. 35.4 x 50 cm. , the ful sheet. [CH].
• A particularly vibrant watercolor from the sought-after Davos period.
• Watercolors of this chromatic intensity are extremely rare on the international auction market.
• After Kirchner's move to Switzerland, the mountainous landscape around his new home became his most important source of inspiration.
• The painting Landschaft Sertigtal (Landscape Sertig Valley, 1924), closely related in terms of motif, is on permanent loan from the Merzbacher Collection at the Kunsthaus Zürich).