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Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

Hadamar 1851 – 1913 Capri

Young fiddler on a flower. 1881

Brush in black and pencil on light, brownish cardboard. 52 × 35 cm (20 ½ × 13 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach. Young fiddler on a flower. 1881.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,000

USD 1,670

 

- 2,220

Sold for:

1,875 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2022

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 01.06.2022

Information

Brush in black and pencil on light, brownish cardboard. 52 × 35 cm (20 ½ × 13 ¾ in.). On the cardboard backing at the bottom an attached paper fragment, inscribed in pen and black ink: Paolo Medini gewidmet von Lucidus Diefenbach. Salo, January 1896. Catalogue raisonné: Not in the catalogue raisonné by Wagner.. Design for sheet 1 of the portfolio „Kindermusik“ (1881-86). Produced after a photograph of the older son Helios. Before the departure to Egypt 1896 the family Diefenbach resided in Salò on Lake Garda in the villa Medini. The sheet is a parting gift of the younger son Lucidus Diefenbach to the landlord. Slightly warped. Imperfections in the margin.

We would like to thank Dr. Claudia Wagner, Munich, for confirming the authenticity of the drawing and for kindly providing additional information..

Private Collection, Northern Germany

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