Mondaufgang. 1940.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower right. 51 x 62 cm (20 x 24.4 in).
[AM].
• Brilliant light ambiance in radiant atmospheric colors.
• In the characteristic style of his late creative period, Modersohn conveys the landscape's atmosphere with an unmatched intensity.
• Otto Modersohn and his fellow Worpswede artists were formative for a new intuitive landscape painting.

The work is listed in the artist's studio book under the no. 50. We are grateful to Mr Rainer Noeres, Otto Modersohn Museum, Fischerhude, for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Max Kruse, Berlin (acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection Northern Germany.

In good condition. Margin minimally rubbed in places and with a tiny adhesion. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.