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Adolph von Menzel
Porträt eines Mannes, 1886.
Charcoal drawing
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,900 Sold:
€ 23,750 / $ 26,125 (incl. surcharge)
Porträt eines Mannes. 1886.
Charcoal drawing with pencil, partly wipe.
Monogrammed and dated lower left. On wove paper. Mount section: 14,7 x 15,9 cm (5,7 x 6,2 in).
Executed on rear of a book's preliminary leaf, verso with the typographic inscription "Berlin" which has nothing to do with the drawing. [CB].
We are grateful to Dr. Claude Keisch, formerly Nationalgalerie Berlin, for the expert advice and the confirmation of authenticity on the basis of photo material.
PROVENANCE: According to the consigner, the work has been in family possession for more than 100 years.
Private ownership Berlin.
Charcoal drawing with pencil, partly wipe.
Monogrammed and dated lower left. On wove paper. Mount section: 14,7 x 15,9 cm (5,7 x 6,2 in).
Executed on rear of a book's preliminary leaf, verso with the typographic inscription "Berlin" which has nothing to do with the drawing. [CB].
We are grateful to Dr. Claude Keisch, formerly Nationalgalerie Berlin, for the expert advice and the confirmation of authenticity on the basis of photo material.
PROVENANCE: According to the consigner, the work has been in family possession for more than 100 years.
Private ownership Berlin.
142
Adolph von Menzel
Porträt eines Mannes, 1886.
Charcoal drawing
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,900 Sold:
€ 23,750 / $ 26,125 (incl. surcharge)