Oil on canvas , laid on cardboard.42 x 36.3 cm.

• Pioneering: along with her self-portraits, Modersohn-Becker’s children’s portraits are considered the most important group of works in her oeuvre.
• Today, they count among her most sought-after works on the international auction market.
• Honest and immediate: the artist depicts the girl with a tender and compassionate gaze.
• From the artist’s estate, and subsequently in family possession for a long time.
• 150th birthday: In 2026, the artist is honored in several high-profile exhibitions, including “Becoming Paula” at the Museen Böttcherstraße in Bremen and “Paula Modersohn-Becker und Edvard Munch” at the Albertinum in Dresden.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the then director of the Kunsthalle Bremen, Dr. Günter Busch, Bremen, dated February 14, 1961, on the reverse.
LITERATURE: Günter Busch, Milena Schicketanz, Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. II, Munich 1998, CR no.22 (illustrated in b/w on p. 33).

Paula Modersohn-Becker, Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, April 5-May 10, 1961. Paula Modersohn-Becker, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Steinernes Haus, Frankfurt am Main, January 24-February 24, 1963, cat. no. 1 (ilustrated)

Collection of Mathilde “Tille” Modersohn (1907-1998, the artist’s daughter). Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf (1957). Private collection, Germany. Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above) In the family’s possession ever since

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