Lot 15
  • 15

Maria Melania Mutermilch (Mela Muter)

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maria Melania Mutermilch (Mela Muter)
  • Seated Girl
  • signed Muter upper left; signed Muter on the reverse and on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 60.7 by 38cm., 24 by 15in.

Provenance


Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier, Mela Muter, 1966, no. 10 (as Portrait de fillette)
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Mela Muter 1876-1967 Retrospektiv-Ausstellung, 1966, no. 61 (as Kleines Mädchen mit Zöpfen)

Condition

Original canvas. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from a few scattered spots of minor craquelure along the lower edge, this work is in very good original condition, with rich colours and a strong surface. Held in a wide, modern, moulded plaster and wood frame decorated with mottled paint.
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