Lot 3
  • 3

Wilhelm Kuhnert

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Wilhelm Kuhnert
  • Zebras in der Steppe (zebra on the steppe)
  • signed, inscribed and dated W. Kuhnert / Banibo 12.9.91 lower left
  • oil on canvas laid on card
  • 38.5 by 52cm., 15¼ by 20½in.

Provenance

Galerie Commeter, Hamburg

Condition

The canvas has been laid on card, and apart from a pinhole to the lower right corner and some light wear to the canvas at the lower left corner, is in very good condition. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from scattered flecks of surface dirt, notably to the sky, this work is in very good condition and ready to hang.
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Catalogue Note

Dr Grettmann-Werner suggests that the present work was begun during Kuhnert's first expedition to East Africa in 1891.