Lot 178
  • 178

Wilhelm Kuhnert German, 1865-1926

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Description

  • Wilhelm Kuhnert
  • Am Kisigo (At the Kisigo)
  • signed, inscribed and dated Wilh. Kuhnert / Kisigo / 30.1.12 l.l.

  • oil on canvas laid on board

  • 38 by 64.5cm., 15 by 25½in.

Provenance

Galerie Kastern, Hanover
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1983

Condition

The canvas is laid onto a board which remains flat and even. There is an area of retouching on the riverbank in the foreground visible under ultraviolet light. There are a few spots of surface dirt, otherwise, the paint surface is in good overall condition with areas of strong impasto. This work would benefit from a light surface clean. Held in a simple gilt wood frame.
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