Sale: 395 / Modern Art / Side lines of the German Avantgarde, Oct. 19. 2012 in Munich Lot 435

 
Walter Becker - Mann im Anzug (Friedrich von Caprivi)


435
Walter Becker
Mann im Anzug (Friedrich von Caprivi), 1970.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605
Sold:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140

(incl. surcharge)
Mann im Anzug (Friedrich von Caprivi). Um 1970.
Oil on canvas.
110 x 66,5 cm (43,3 x 26,1 in).
Walter Becker belongs to the expressive realists among the artists from the lost generation.
The depicted person is the grandnephew of the Reichschancellor Leo von Caprivi (1831-1899). With a discarded study of a head on verso. [DB].

PROVENANCE: Frieda von Schweinitz, Private collection Southern Germany.




435
Walter Becker
Mann im Anzug (Friedrich von Caprivi), 1970.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605
Sold:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140

(incl. surcharge)