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Adolph Menzel

Wrocław 1815 – 1905 Berlin

The oyster eaters. 1879

Brush and India ink in black and grey, heightened with opaque white, on paper. 26,6 × 24 cm (10 ½ × 9 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Adolph Menzel. The oyster eaters. 1879.

Estimate:

EUR 40,000

 

- 60,000

USD 47,100

 

- 70,700

Sold for:

85,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 29.11.2017

Information

Brush and India ink in black and grey, heightened with opaque white, on paper. 26,6 × 24 cm (10 ½ × 9 ½ in.). Signed and dated lower left: Ad. Menzel 79.

Georg Düring, Berlin (acquired 1905, since then by descent to the present owner)

Nur ich and Kleist reden. Adolph Menzel illustriert den „Zerbrochenen Krug“. Frankfurt (Oder), Kleist-Museum, 2016, p. 43, ill. 30

Max Jordan: Das Werk Adolph Menzels, 1815–1905. Mit einer Biographie des Künstlers. Munich, Verlagsanstalt F. Bruckmann A.-G., 1905, p. 89, ill. p. 78

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