Two restituted masterworks from the Alfred Flechtheim Collection to be offered at Sotheby`s
(Artdaily.org)

Sotheby’s announced that two Modern masterworks recently restituted to the heirs of art-world luminary Alfred Flechtheim will highlight their Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York on 12 November 2018. Among the finest examples by their respective artists ever to appear at auction, Oskar Kokoschka’s portrait of Joseph de Montesquiou-Fezensac from 1910 (estimate $15/20 million) and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s compelling Das Soldatenbad (Artillerymen) from 1915 (estimate $15/20 million) both encapsulate the seismic shifts occurring in visual arts during the period leading up to and including the onset of World War I. They also serve as testaments to Flechtheim’s passion for collecting exceptional Expressionist works. In addition to their inherent art historical significance, both paintings are distinguished by their illustrious provenance and remarkable stories of restitution to Flechtheim’s