Siberian Dogs in the Snow

Franz Marc1909/1910

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Title: Siberian Dogs in the Snow
Creator: Franz Marc
Date Created: 1909/1910
Physical Dimensions: overall: 80.5 x 114 cm (31 11/16 x 44 7/8 in.) framed: 97.8 x 131.4 cm (38 1/2 x 51 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Kunshandlung Brakl, Munich); [1] acquired c. 1910 by Dr. Ludwig Hopf [1884-1939], Aachen, Germany, and later Dublin, Ireland; [2] Hopf family; sold November 1958 through (Lea Bondi Jaray [1880-1968], London); to Stephen Kellen [1914-2004], New York; [3] gift 1983 of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kellen to NGA. [1] According to Annagret Hoberg and Isabelle Jansen, _Franz Marc: The Complete Works_ Volume 1, The Oil Paintings, London, 2004: 100, no. 79. [2] Dr. Ludwig Hopf was a well-respected physicist in Germany, but had to flee with his family in 1939, having lost his position at the University of Aachen due to racial grounds in Nazi Germany. The family went to London and shortly thereafter, Dublin, Ireland where he was a lecturer at Trinity College. He died shortly after this relocation. [3] See correspondence kindly provided by Marina Kellen French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kellen, in NGA curatorial files. Ms. Jaray states in November 1958 letters to Stephen Kellen that she saw the painting in London some time before it was exhibited in Dublin in 1944, and that it had been in the same family since first exhibited in Munich.
Rights: CC0
Medium: oil on canvas

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