Straße in Arles. 1929.
WatercolorWatercolor over pencil.
Lower left monogrammed, dated and titled. On thin board by Schoellershammer (with the blindstamp). 51 x 37 cm (20 x 14.5 in), the full sheet. [EH].

• Made on a trip to the south of France in 1929.
• A year later, he revisited the scene in the oil painting "Straßenbau in Arles" (Lipps-Kant 132).
• The first owner was the Ulm art collector and manufacturer Martin Bilger, who was an important patron of the artist for several years.
• Paul Kleinschmidt attained international recognition in 1931 with his participation in the exhibition 'Germain Paintings and Sculptures' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

PROVENANCE: Martin Bilger Collection, Ulm (with the collector's stamp on the reverse).
Private collection.
Private collection Hanover.

LITERATURE: Barbara Lipps-Kant, Paul Kleinschmidt 1883-1949, vol. I, Tübingen 1977, no. A 69.

Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction on June 9, 2001, lot 1401 (illu.).

In good condition. Overall slightly browned. A few tiny pinholes in the margins from the making