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Adolph Menzel

Wrocław 1815 – 1905 Berlin

„Lesende Dame“ (Emilie Fontane). Circa 1870/1872

Gouache on light cardboard. 11,4 x 7,4 cm (4 ½ x 2 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Adolph Menzel. „Lesende Dame“ (Emilie Fontane). Circa 1870/1872.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 63,400

 

- 88,700

Sold for:

100,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 26.11.2014

Information

Gouache on light cardboard. 11,4 x 7,4 cm (4 ½ x 2 ⅞ in.). Signed lower left: Menzel. On the reverse inscribed by the artist in pen in black: „Möge, Verehrte Frau, Ihre Enttäuschung bei Anblick des umseitigen nicht so groß sein[,] um Ihnen zur Warnung zu werden, Jemals wieder bei jeweiliger Gelegenheit mit Jemandem ein Vihlipbchen [Vielliebchen] zu essen. B. [Berlin] 16 März 1872.“. Catalogue raisonné: Tschudi 581. Minimal time staining, minor imperfections in the margins. Framed

Thanks to an amicable agreement made on the basis of the Washington Principles it is possible to offer this work here for sale with the express consent of the heirs of Berthold and Martha Nothmann.

Minimal time staining, minor imperfections in the margins

Emilie Fontane, born Rouanet-Kummer, wife of Theodor Fontane (until 1902) / heirs of Th. and E. Fontane, Berlin (1905) / Berthold and Martha Nothmann, Berlin/Wannsee (at the latest November 1936) / Galerie Heinemann, Munich (acquired from Nothmann 12.5.1938, from 24.-27.6.1938 on commission at Weinmüller, Munich) / Dr. Frentzel, Elbing (acquired from Heinemann on 4.8.1938, until 1940?) / private collection, Berlin (1955) / Herbert Klewer, Berlin (1965) / private collection, Berlin

In addition, the gouache was exhibited in: Drawings and Watercolours by Adolph Menzel 1815–1905. London, The Arts Council Gallery; Bristol, City Art Gallery; Kingston upon Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, and Leicester, Museums and Art Gallery, 1965, cat. no. 61.

Ausstellung von Werken Adolph von Menzels. Berlin, Königliche National-Galerie, 1905, II. edition, cat. no. 238 / Adolph von Menzel. Aus Anlaß seines 50. Todestages. Berlin, Museum Dahlem (formerly Staatliche Museen Berlin, National-Galerie), 1955, cat. no. 119 / Adolph Menzel, 1815–1905. Pastelle, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen. Berlin, Haus am Tiergarten, 1965, cat. no. 56 / exhibition catalogue: Fontane und die bildende Kunst. Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, in den Ausstellungshallen am Kulturforum, 1998, p. 201, note 12 (not exhibited)

Berthold Nothmann: Meine Lebenserinnerungen, für die Familie bestimmt. Typoskript (Leo Baeck Institute, New York). Wannsee, November 1936, p. 58 / auction catalogue: Gemälde des 19. Jahrhunderts aus verschiedenem Besitz, darunter die Sammlung Dr. F., Elbing. Berlin, Hans W. Lange, 18.10.1940, cat. no. 529, ill. pl. 11

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