Sale: 562 / 19th Century Art, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 117

 

117
Hugo Kauffmann
Zeitungslesender, 1877.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,650
Sold:
€ 7,493 / $ 8,242

(incl. surcharge)
Zeitungslesender. 1877.
Oil on panel.
Signed and dated lower right. 16.2 x 13.7 cm (6.3 x 5.3 in).

• Wonderful and detailed depiction of a typical Bavarian interior.
• Hugo Kaufmann shows one of his characteristic heads in a typical brownish and harmonious tone.
• In 1871, Kaufmann moved to Munich, while Prien am Chiemsee became his primary source of artistic inspiration
.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany (from the estate of the family).

LITERATURE: Presumably Irmgard Holz, Hugo Kauffmann, Berlin 1984, catalogue raisonné no. 361: Lektüre (whereabouts unknown) (not illustrated).




117
Hugo Kauffmann
Zeitungslesender, 1877.
Oil on panel
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,650
Sold:
€ 7,493 / $ 8,242

(incl. surcharge)