Max Bill (Winterthur 1908 – 1994 Berlin). ”Der Eilbote”. 1928 Watercolour and incision on wove paper, laid down on paper by the artist. 30,3 × 23,2 cm (39,4 × 30,5 cm) (11 ⅞ × 9 ⅛ in. (15 ½ × 12 in.)). Signed and dated in pencil lower right: Max Bill 1928. On the support sheet titled, signed, dated and inscribed in pen and black ink: Der Eilbote Max Bill S. 1928. No. 40. Ich male also manchmal, wenn es mir beliebt, es beliebt mir sehr oft, manchmal so oft das ich mich für einen maler halte. Dessau, 9. XII 1928. [3042] Provenance: Private Collection, Hesse Literature and illustration: Magdalena Droste: Bauhaus 1919-1933. Reform und Avantgarde. Cologne, Taschen, 2007, ill. p. 70 / Jakob Bill: max bill at the Bauhaus. Bern and Sulgen, Benteli Verlag, 2008, ill. p. 81 / Kunstmuseum Winterthur und Gewerbemuseum Winterthur (ed.): Max Bill. Aspekte seines Werks. Sulgen, Zurich, Niggli Verlag, 2008, ill. p. 72 / Jeannine Fiedler, Peter Feierabend (ed.): Bauhaus. Potsdam, H.F. Ullmann, 2013, ill. p. 165