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Adolph Menzel

Wrocław 1815 – 1905 Berlin

Study sheet with three sketches of a bearded man. 1889

Black chalk on Whatman-wove paper. 12,5 × 20,3 cm (4 ⅞ × 8 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Adolph Menzel. Study sheet with three sketches of a bearded man. 1889.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 7,060

 

- 9,410

Sold for:

7,620 EUR (incl. premium)

Winter Auctions 2025

Modern & 19th Century Art, Friday, 28.11.2025

Information

Black chalk on Whatman-wove paper. 12,5 × 20,3 cm (4 ⅞ × 8 in.). Monogrammed and dated lower right: A M 89. On the reverse, with the collector's mark in black Lugt 2926. Framed

We would like to thank Dr. Claude Keisch, Berlin, for kindly confirming the authenticity of the drawing.

Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt, Berlin / Private Collection, Southern Germany / Kommerzienrat Dr. Georg Hirsch (1863–1939), Gera (acquired in 1926 at Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt a. M., thence by descent to the present owner)

Auction: Ölgemälde, Handzeichnungen und Aquarelle moderner Meister aus einer süddeutschen Privatsammlung. Frankfurt a. M., Hugo Helbing, 16.11.1926, cat. no. 148, no ill. (“Studienblatt mit drei bärtigen Männern: Kopf nach abwärts geneigt – Halbfigur fast von rückwärts nach rechts – Brustbild von vorne“)

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