ID 1470329
Lot 309 | ADOLPH VON MENZEL (1815-1905)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A Man wiping his Neck (A Study for 'Eisenwalzwerk')
signed A. Menzel. and inscribed 74. (lower right)
charcoal on buff-coloured paper
26 x 19,3 cm. (10 ¼ x 76/8 in.)
Provenance
Private collection, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Galerie Arnoldi Livie, Munich.
Acquired from the above in 2005; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
F. Wolter, Von Ausstellungen und Sammlungen in Die Kunst: Monatshefte für freie und angewandte Kunst, 11, 1905, p. 281 (ill.).
K. Kaiser, Adolf Menzel - Eisenwalzwerk, Berlin, 1953, p. 72, fig. 60.
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle, Adolph Menzel: radikal real, May-August 2008, no. 56 (ill).
| Artist: | Adolf von Menzel (1815 - 1905) |
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal |
| Medium: | Wood |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Adolf von Menzel (1815 - 1905) |
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal |
| Medium: | Wood |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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