Sale: 479 / Classics of the 20th Century I, Dec. 08. 2018 in Munich Lot 862

 

862
Edward Cucuel
Scheu, 1922.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 64,800
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)
Scheu. 1922.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in lower left. Verso signed, as well as once more signed on the stretcher, twice titled and with a label from the artist, there with inscription "Edward Cucuel / München / Scheu". 80 x 80.5 cm (31.4 x 31.6 in).

We are grateful to Wolfgang Schüller, Munich, for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Wilhelm Louis, Krefeld (presumably acquired on the art market).
Margarete Christ (wife of aforementioned; until ca. 1988).
Private collection Southern Germany (inherited from aforementioned in 1988).

EXHIBITION: Große Berliner Kunstausstellung, Berlin 1932, no. 55 (with fragments of a label on the stretcher).

LITERATURE: Fritz von Ostini, der Maler Edward Cucuel, Zürich/Vienna/Leipzig 1924, illu. 13.




862
Edward Cucuel
Scheu, 1922.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 / $ 64,800
Sold:
€ 75,000 / $ 81,000

(incl. surcharge)