Curt Ehrhardt Lot n° 135

Curt Ehrhardt Mysteries 1919 Watercolor and pen and ink on cardboard. 76.8 x 48.9 cm. Framed under glass. Monogrammed 'CE' lower right. Inscribed 'Wer fleißig schafft, der hat's errafft' in black upper left and 'Zille' lower left. - Slight marginal defects, overall in fresh condition. With an expertise by Galerie Hebecker, Weimar, dated 13.11.2002. The work is listed in the estate inventory under the number EHR 1213. Provenance Estate of the artist; Galerie Hebecker, Weimar (2002); private collection, Bavaria Literature Peter Arlt, The Dark Dances of Life. Der Maler Curt Ehrhardt, Weimar 2002, p. 33f., with color illus. In terms of content and composition, the watercolor refers to the well-known painting "The Soldier's Bride", created in 1917.