(Dresden 1897–1977 Berlin)
Ma bonne l’onde, 1926, signed, dated C. Felixmüller 26, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92 cm, framed

In this work, Felixmüller reflects back on his student days at the Dresden Academy, during which he intensively studied the nude. He has translated that in the present lot into a powerful and colour-intensive painting. Ma bonne l‘onde was created during a two-month study visit to Le Lavandou on the French Riviera. One can almost feel the summer heat, the head and upper body of the nude girl glowing in the midday sun on the beach against the green-blue background of the sea. The youthfulness of the nude model with her pointed facial features and oversized blue eyes as well as her long, flowing hair are strongly reminiscent of images of mermaids. The intense gaze, aimed directly at the viewer, is captivating, so that one cannot help but linger in front of the work and look at it more closely.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany

Exhibited/Literature:
Der Cicerone, Heft 3, 19. Jg., 1927, with ill. on p. 97 (Venus on the beach)
Conrad Felixmüller, Gemälde und Aquarelle. Berlin, Galerie Goldschmidt Wallerstein, 1927, without cat. no.
Conrad Felixmüller, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafik, Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen / Rostock, Kunsthalle / Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Nationalgalerie, Kupferstichkabinett, Sammlung Zeichnungen, 1975/76, cat. no. 29, ill. n. p. (Girl on the beach)
Conrad Felixmüller 1897 – 1977, Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall / Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein / Saarbrücken, Saarland Museum, 1978/ 79, cat. no. 269, ill. p. 69
Conrad Felixmüller 1897 – 1977, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Hamburg, Foyer Esplanade / Bayreuth / Moers, 1981, cat. no. 22
Conrad Felixmüller. Werke und Dokumente, Nürnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 1981/82, cat. no. 59, ill. p. 103 (Nude on the beach)