Carlo Mense (Rheine/Westphalia 1886 – 1965 Königswinter ). ”Das Paar (oder: Künstler und Modell)”. 1919 Oil on cardboard. 41 × 32 cm (16 ⅛ × 12 ⅝ in.). Signed lower left: C. Mense. Signed, dated and titled with brush in black on the reverse: C. Mense 1919 „Paar“. There too a label of Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Munich, and of the Stuttgarter Kunstbinett, inscribed in pen no. 1692 (see below). Drenker-Nagels 40.– [3305] Provenance: Private Collection, Northern Germany Exhibition: Neue Sezession. Munich, Glaspalast, 1920, cat. no. 163 / Carlo Mense. Berlin, Rathaus Charlottenburg (Berliner Festwochen 1962), 1962, cat. no. 5 / Maler und Modell. Baden-Baden, Städtische Kunsthalle, 1969, ill. 133 Literature and illustration: 22. 22. Kunst-Auktion: Kunstliteratur. Kunstwerke des 15.-20. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 29.11.-1.12.1955, here 1.12.1955, no. 1692 / auction 469: Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts. Painting, Plastik, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik. Cologne, Kunsthaus Lempertz, 19./20.6.1962, no. 466, ill. pl. 36