W. F. Storck (ed.): Zeichnungen von Hans Thoma. Dresden, Verlag Ernst Arnold, 1921, ill. pl. 5 („Kinder, den Mond betrachtend"), 6 („Kinder im Walde"), 13 („Kinder in der Landschaft") / Gottfried Pütz and Robert Rosenfelder: Hans Thoma. Stationen eines Künstlerlebens. Petersberg, Michael Imhof Verlag, 2014, p. 274.
Three Drawings with Children Motifs. 1859 / 1859 / circa 1860
Pen over pencil on brown paper, tinted / pen over pencil on brown paper / watercolour over pencil on brown paper. 15,2 × 9,8 cm / 24,6 × 18,8 cm / 12,5 × 16,6 cm
(6 × 3 ⅞ in. / 9 ⅝ × 7 ⅜ in. / 4 ⅞ × 6 ½ in.). Signed in the lower centre, inscribed and dated: J. Thoma Bernau 1859.– / signed lower right: J. Thoma. On the reverse sketch of a group of people with horse / on the reverse watercolour with landscape motif. One sheet with detached corner. [3142]
Provenance
In the collection of the artist / Private Collection, Rhineland
W. F. Storck (ed.): Zeichnungen von Hans Thoma. Dresden, Verlag Ernst Arnold, 1921, ill. pl. 5 („Kinder, den Mond betrachtend"), 6 („Kinder im Walde"), 13 („Kinder in der Landschaft") / Gottfried Pütz and Robert Rosenfelder: Hans Thoma. Stationen eines Künstlerlebens. Petersberg, Michael Imhof Verlag, 2014, p. 274.
