Live Auction 3043A European Corporate Collection
Ferdinand Erfmann (1901-1968)
Lot 68

Ferdinand Erfmann (1901-1968)

Cycling girls

Closed4 December 2012

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EUR 32,200

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Ferdinand Erfmann (1901-1968)
Cycling girls
signed and dated 'Erfmann 1941' (lower right)
oil on canvas
84.5 x 61 cm.
Painted in 1941.

Kunsthandel Loek Brons, Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.

Specialist note

Ferdinand Erfmann was a member of the Populists, an artists' group in the 1930s wanting to create realist art for the people. The two cycling girls in the present lot are a good example of the simple, popular topics they used to achieve this. The healthy and voluptuous Dutch girls shown in 'Cycling girls' represent Erfmann's image of the ideal woman.