Lot 23
  • 23

Wilhelm Kuhnert

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wilhelm Kuhnert
  • Elefanten auf der Wanderung (Elephants on the move)
  • signed Wilh. Kuhnert lower left; signed, inscribed and titled Wilhelm Kuhnert / Berlin / "Elefanten auf der Wanderung" on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 48.2 by 84.5cm., 19 by 33¼in.

Exhibited

London, Fine Art Society, 1924

Literature

Kussmann, De Schilderkunst van Wilhelm Kuhnert, Enschede, 1957, p. 219, illustrated (as Die Erde bebt)

Condition

Original canvas. There are a few very minor flecks of retouching to the sky, visible under ultraviolet light. This work is in overall very good condition, with a clean, fresh surface, and ready to hang. Held in a simple, wide, black-painted moulded plaster and wood frame, with a gold-painted inner lining.
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