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Lot 324
  • 324

Walter Gramatté

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Walter Gramatté
  • Nächtliche Straße (Street by Night)
  • signed W.G. (upper right) and dated 22 (lower left); signed Gramatté and dated 22 on the reverse; signed Walter Gramatté and titled on the stretcher

     

  • oil on canvas
  • 78.5 by 67.3cm., 30 7/8 by 26 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Neher, Essen
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990

Exhibited

Davos, Kirchner Museum & Hamburg, Ernst Barlach Haus, Wiederentdeckt: Walter Gramatté, 1897-1929, 2008-2009, no. 64, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there is no evidence of retouching visible under UV light. There is some light frame rubbing to all four extreme edges (not visible when framed). Otherwise, this work is in overall very good original conditon. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though brighter and less pink in the original.
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