MENSE, CARLO1886 Rheine/Westphalia - 1965 Königswinter


Title: Zwei weibliche Akte.
Date: Ca. 1930.
Technique: Pencil and coloured chalk on paper.
Measurement: 34.5 x 42.5cm.
Notation: Signed lower right: C. Mense. Verso inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist.


Condition:
Sheet as seen in the frame minimally discoloured. Occasional foxing in spots. Slight bumpings to the upper sheet edge in the centre and to the lower sheet edge on the left. Small tear in lower left sheet edge (ca. 0.3cm). Verso: remains of an old mounting in the corners. Otherwise the work is in good condition.

Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Drenker-Nagels, Klara: Carlo Mense - Sein Leben und Werk von 1909 bis 1939, Cologne 1993, cat. rais. no. 439, ill.