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Adolph Menzel

Wrocław 1815 – 1905 Berlin

Kristallkronleuchter („Studie zum Flötenkonzert“). 1852

Body colour and watercolour on brown paper. 48 × 31 cm (18 ⅞ × 12 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Adolph Menzel. Kristallkronleuchter („Studie zum Flötenkonzert“). 1852.

Estimate:

EUR 120,000

 

- 140,000

USD 134,000

 

- 157,000

Sold for:

237,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2016

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 30.11.2016

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Body colour and watercolour on brown paper. 48 × 31 cm (18 ⅞ × 12 ¼ in.). Inscribed in pencil lower right: Farben erschienen wie bei Tage. Je weiter von den Fla[mmen] entfernt, desto dunkler wird das Glas. On the reverse left at the top monogrammed and inscribed crosswise in pen and black ink A. M. Studie zum Flötenconcert.

Fritz Werner, Berlin (1905) / Private collection, Saxony

One of the very rare "studies“ of the Friedrich pictures painted using this technique.

Ausstellung von Werken Adolph von Menzels. Berlin, Königliche National-Galerie, 1905, edition II, cat. no. 332

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