ID 1337476
Lot 117 | Josef Scharl.Maschinist
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
Title: Maschinist.
Date: 1937.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 64 x 54cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: Jos. Scharl (underlined) 1937.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Schmidt Collection, Münster (label)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Exhibitions:
- Gallery Clasing, Münster 1946
Literature:
- Firmenich, Andrea (ed.): Josef Scharl - Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1999, cat. rais. no. 316, ill.
- Typical expressionist portrait of a labourer with a strong individual character
- The work dates from the year before his emigration to the USA, when Scharl's hostility from the National Socialists was at its peak
- The pale complexion of the emaciated machinist stands in stark contrast to the rich red colour of the background.
| Artist: | Josef Scharl (1896 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Auction house category: | Modern paintings, drawings, watercolours |
| Artist: | Josef Scharl (1896 - 1954) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Auction house category: | Modern paintings, drawings, watercolours |
| Address of auction |
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