Paar am Waldrand (Lovers on the Edge of the Forest)

Stuck, Franz von
Paar am Waldrand (Lovers on the Edge of the Forest)

Oil on canvas
42 x 62 cm
Signed lower right
Stretcher (by the artist?) inscribed by hand in pencil: “FRANZ STVCK “Liebespaar””

Provenance:
– Franz Stuck, Munich (1892 to 1909 at the latest).
– Private collection, Germany(?) (1909 at the latest)
– Art dealer Wilhelm Bessler, Augsburg
– Private Collection, Augsburg (1988 to 2010)
– Auction house Nagel, Stuttgart, 14.4.2010, lot 447
– Ritthaler Gallery, Hamburg (2010 to 2016)
– Corporate Collection, Germany

Literature:
– Otto Julius Bierbaum: Franz Stuck. Künstler-Monographien, vol. XLII, Bielefeld/Leipzig 1899, p. 67, ill. 72 (there as an evening and without indication of ownership).
– Fritz von Ostini: Franz von Stuck. Gesamtwerk, Munich 1909, ill. p. 44 (titled “Lovers” and with owner’s reference “private property”)
– Heinrich Voss: Franz von Stuck 1863-1928. Catalogue raisonné of his paintings with an introduction to his Symbolism, Munich 1973, ill. p. 111, no. 63/240 (titled “Couple at the Edge of the Forest” and without indication of ownership).

Exhibitions:
– 150 Jahre Franz von Stuck, Landkreisgalerie Passau auf Schloss Neuburg, 2013 (no catalogue).
– Sünde und Secession. Franz von Stuck in Wien, Österreichische Galerie im Belvedere, Vienna, 2016, cat. ill. 195, p. 25

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