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Adolph Menzel

Wrocław 1815 – 1905 Berlin

Selbstbildnis im Kasseler Atelier. 1847/48

Watercolour in brown and grey over black pen on cardboard. 17,5 x 13,7 cm (6 ⅞ x 5 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Adolph Menzel. Selbstbildnis im Kasseler Atelier. 1847/48.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 25,000

USD 26,700

 

- 33,300

Sold for:

48,800 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 193-198

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 30.05.2012

Information

Watercolour in brown and grey over black pen on cardboard. 17,5 x 13,7 cm (6 ⅞ x 5 ⅜ in.). On the reverse autographic letter from the artist to the Maercker family. Framed

We would like to thank Marie Ursula Riemann-Reyher, Berlin, for kindly confirming the authenticity of he watercolour.

Minister of Justice Maercker family, Halberstadt, received directly from the artist, thence by descent to the current owner

Ausstellung von Werken Adolph von Menzels. Berlin, Königliche National-Galerie, 1905, II edition, cat. no. 284, full-page illustration between p. 304 and p. 305 / Adolph Menzel. Sonderausstellung zum Gedächtnis des Meisters. Leipzig, Kunstverein, at Museum der bildenden Künste, 1905 (acc. to label on backing board)

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