Ketterer · Lot 4
Selbstporträt
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Selbstporträt
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2026-02-15
Published result : 14070 EUR
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : 3000
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Гельмут Маке
Born : 1891Died : 1936Documented citizenships : Germany
Helmuth Macke (1891–1936), born in Krefeld, began studying with Johan Thorn Prikker in 1906. A cousin of August Macke, he nevertheless developed an independent position within Rhenish Expressionism. Visits to Munich and Berlin brought him into contact with Franz Marc, Wassily Kandinsky and artists associated with Die Brücke. Colour, valued for its decorative and expressive power, shaped his early compositions.
The First World War interrupted this development. Despite being wounded, he continued to depict landscapes, military locations and soldiers in drawings and watercolours. After 1919 he worked in Krefeld and then Bonn. His painting gradually became calmer, combining less rigid contours with a more restrained palette. A Rome scholarship enabled a stay in Italy. In 1933 he moved to Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, where he later died in a boating accident.
This profile brings together identity references for Гельмут Маке and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Documented auction references
10auction references
3auction houses
9documented results with prices
Germann · Ketterer · Lempertz
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Works recorded at auction
Ketterer · Lot 121000956
Mazedonien Dedeli
Watercolour
Original catalogue wording
Mazedonien Dedeli
Aquarell
Auction date : 2021-06-20
Published result : 5750 EUR
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : 2000
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Lempertz · Lot 416
Weiße Lilien
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Weiße Lilien
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-05-31
Published result : 11160 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 5000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Ketterer · Lot 389
Still life
Aquarell und Bleistift Rechts unten
Original catalogue wording
Stillleben
Aquarell und Bleistift Rechts unten
Auction date : 2011-05-14
Published result : 2750 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 2000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Ketterer · Lot 388
Waldweg
Aquarell und Bleistift Rechts unten
Auction date : 2011-05-14
Published result : 1625 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1500
View the lot at the auction house ↗Ketterer · Lot 296
Porträt einer Dame
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Porträt einer Dame
gouache
Auction date : 2008-04-04
Published result : 1440 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1200
View the lot at the auction house ↗Ketterer · Lot 1174
Straßenszene in Neapel
Watercolour over pencil
Original catalogue wording
Straßenszene in Neapel
Aquarell über Bleistift
Auction date : 2006-03-31
Published result : 1428 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1500
View the lot at the auction house ↗Ketterer · Lot 56
Landschaft mit Fachwerkhaus
Aquarell und schwarze Kreide, 1922 Rechts unten
Auction date : 2004-05-14
Published result : 3744 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1500
View the lot at the auction house ↗Ketterer · Lot 55
Karussell am Rheinufer
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Karussell am Rheinufer
gouache
Auction date : 2004-05-14
Published result : 2340 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 1500
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Germann
Landscape with cows, 1918
Ink with watercolour and gouache on Japan paper.
Original catalogue wording
Landschaft mit Kühen, 1918
Tusche mit Aquarell und Gouache auf Japanpapier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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