Lot 133
  • 133

Friedrich Karl Steinhardt b. 1844

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Friedrich Karl Steinhardt
  • A dishonest game of cards
  • signed Steinhardt lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 38 1/2 by 55 in.
  • 98 by 140 cm.

Provenance

Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Kunstsalon Krone, Hamburg, Germany
Sale: Christie's, New York, October 13, 1993, lot 349

Condition

Canvas not lined. Pigment separation above the table at center and on the figures at left; craquelure in the upper half. Soiled varnish. Under UV light: no evidence of inpainting.
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