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Wilhelm Gail

1804 – Munich – 1890

Court of the Lions at Alhambra. 1833

Watercolour and opaque white on paper. 45,5 × 62,9 cm (17 ⅞ × 24 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Wilhelm Gail. Court of the Lions at Alhambra. 1833.

Estimate:

EUR 4,000

 

- 6,000

USD 4,650

 

- 6,980

Sold for:

8,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2021

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 01.12.2021

Information

Watercolour and opaque white on paper. 45,5 × 62,9 cm (17 ⅞ × 24 ¾ in.). Inscribed and dated in the centre on the right: Alhambra Maj 1833. On the reverse at the top left he stamp Lugt 3835. In the margin slightly creased with small, mostly backed tears.

We would like to thank Peter Fuhring, Fondation Custodia, Paris, for kindly providing additional information regarding provenance.

Formerly collections Bernhard Funck, Munich, and Eugen Roth, Munich (at the latest 1936 until 1976)

Catalogue 3: Gemälde und Handzeichnungen des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Kunstbibliothek. Munich, Münchener Kunstversteigerungshaus Adolf Weinmüller, 11./12.9.1936, cat. no. 429 („Unbekannter Zeichner für Lithographie. Der Löwenhof der Alhambra, beschriftet: Alhambra May 1833. Aquarell, 46 x 62 cm“)

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