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Adolph Menzel

Wrocław 1815 – 1905 Berlin

Charlotte, die Schwester Friedrichs des Großen. Before 1849

Pencil on wove paper. 15,3 × 7,5 cm (6 × 3 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Adolph Menzel. Charlotte, die Schwester Friedrichs des Großen. Before 1849.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 4,710

 

- 7,070

Sold for:

15,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

Small is Beautiful, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

Pencil on wove paper. 15,3 × 7,5 cm (6 × 3 in.). Study for the woodcut in: Werke Friedrichs des Grossen. 30 volumes. Berlin 1846–1857, here vol. XII (1849), p. 39 (for „Ode an meine Schwester von Braunschweig“).

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

Adolf Weinmüller, Munich (until 1936) / Gemäldegalerie Dr. Luz, Berlin (1936 until 1938) / Ernst Henke, Essen (1938 near Luz acquired, thence by descent to the present owner)

„Neuland für Sammler“. Berlin, Gemäldegalerie Dr. Luz, 1936, cat. no. 157

München, Kunstversteigerungshaus Adolf Weinmüller, 11./12. September 1936, cat. no. 257

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