Masterpieces from the Alfred Flechtheim Collection
Masterpieces from the Alfred Flechtheim Collection, 2018
Before being forced to flee Nazi Germany, Alfred Flechtheim was a prominent gallerist that introduced radical artists to Berlin. As a new, industrial world materialized in the 20th century, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Oskar Kokoschka emerged as leading voices of the European avant-garde. Flechtheim, often a champion of the artists he represented, came to acquire two pivotal pieces by the artists, Das Soldatenbad and Joseph De Montesquiou-Fezensac, before being stripped of his possessions by the Nazis. This 2-volume slipcase was presented to the seller as a gift from Sotheby’s. It included a catalogue exploration of how these artists confronted and redefined the representation of the individual in this modern reality, and a collection of the marketing for the sale.