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362

North German

Chair from the studio of Adolph Menzel. Circa 1700

Walnut, wickerwork. 140 x 45 x 37 cm (55 ⅛ x 17 ¾ x 14 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  North German. Chair from the studio of Adolph Menzel. Circa 1700.

Estimate:

EUR 7,000

 

- 9,000

USD 8,870

 

- 11,410

Sold for:

8,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 27.11.2014

Information

Walnut, wickerwork. 140 x 45 x 37 cm (55 ⅛ x 17 ¾ x 14 ⅝ in.). Wickerwork renewed circa 1900, at that time varnish stripped, seat very brittle, damage to the fittings of the wickerwork seat.

See letter from Menzel to Friedrich Eggers, 23. 12. 1857; in: Claude Keisch and Marie Ursula Riemann-Reyher (ed.): Adolph Menzel. Briefe, vol. 2 (1856-1880), no. 416, p.500.

We would like to thank Maria Ursula Riemann-Reyher, Berlin, for the vital information provided.

Presumably acquired circa 1857 from the art dealership of Joseph J. Arnold (1794-1873), Unter den Linden 20, Berlin / at the latest from 1861 in the collection of Menzel / 1905 to his brother-in-law, Otto Krigar-Menzel (1861-1929), Berlin / thence by descent to the present owner

Adolph Menzel: Kehraus, 1895, pencil, whereabouts unknown / (ed.): Menzel ins Rheinsberg, exh. cat., Berlin 1998, cat. no. 31, p. 56-59, ill. S.56 / Claude Keisch: „Sein Atelier“: Ort und Abbild der Krise; in: Jens Christian Jensen (ed.): Adolph Menzel. Gemälde, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung-Schäfer-Stiftung, Munich 1998, p. 13-23, p. 15 / Peter- Klaus Schuster: Menzels Stuhl und Magrittes Pfeife, in: Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen, vol. 41 (1999), accompanying volume, p. 53-62, p. 58f. / Matthias Winner: Der Pinsel als „allégorie réelle“ in Menzels Bild „Kronprinz Friedrich besucht Pesne auf dem Malgerüst in Rheinsberg“; in: Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen, vol. 45 (2003), pp.91-130, p.102, ill. 11