Oil on cardboard. Monogrammed in the lower left corner. Inscribed “Mädchen mit blauem Hut Otto Modersohn” by Otto Modersohn on the reverse at a later date. 32.4 x 23.3 cm.
The drawings and compositional studies that preceded this painting are “Sitzendes Mädchen mit Hut, eine Blume haltend” (Seated Girl with a Hat, Holding a Flower, ca. 1903) and “Mädchen mit Hut, eine Blume in der erhobenen rechten Hand haltend” (Girl with a Hat, Holding a Flower in Her Raised Right Hand, ca. 1903); cf. Anne Röver-Kann, Wolfgang Werner, and Rebecca Duckwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker. Catalogue raisonné of hand drawings, vol. 1: Zeichnungen, Munich 2023, CR number E IV/131, E IV/132, and E IV/133. [CH].
- Along with her self-portraits, her children's portraits are among her key works, which are highly sought after on the international auction market. - Part of the same private collection for 65 years. - Closely related to the well-known paintings “Bust of a Girl with a Blue Hat and Flower” (Berkeley Art Museum) and “Head of a Blonde Girl with a Straw Hat” (Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal). - From Bremen to New York: In 2024/25, Modersohn-Becker’s first museum retrospective in the U.S. took place (Neue Galerie, New York / Chicago Art Institute). - 150th Birthday: In 2026, the artist will be honored with highly anticipated exhibitions, including “Becoming Paula” at the Museen Böttcherstraße in Bremen and “Paula Modersohn-Becker and Edvard Munch” at the Albertinum in Dresden.
LITERATURE: Günter Busch, Milena Schicketanz, Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. II, Munich 1998, CR no. 392 (illustrated in black and white on p. 275). - - Dr. Ernst Hauswedell Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, Hamburg, 105th auction, Graphik, Handzeichnungen, Bilder, Plastik, June 5, 1961, lot 714 (illustrated on plate IV, dated “c. 1906”).

Estate of the artist, Worpswede/Fischerhude. Collection of Ernst Friedrich (Ernesto) Blohm, Caracas, Venezuela (acquired in 1961, Hauswedell, Hamburg). In the family’s possession ever since

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