Lot 202
  • 202

Wilhelm Menzler

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wilhelm Menzler
  • The Rose of All Roses
  • signed and dated W Menzler / 1889 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 68 by 49cm., 26¾ by 19¼in.

Provenance

Cooling Galleries, London
Purchased from the above in the 1960s by the parents of of the present owner

Condition

The canvas has been re-lined. There are spots of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, partially obscured by a varnish, at the centre of the extreme upper edge. Apart from scattered lines of paint shrinkage, notably to the darker pigments in the lower left quadrant, this work is in good condition, with rich, bright colours and fine detail. Held in a decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame with a name plate.
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