Lot 20
  • 20

Heinrich Kühn (1866 - 1944)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Heinrich Kühn
  • Im Winde (La brise), vers 1915
  • photograph on paper
Tirage transfert d'huile multiple sur papier japonais contrecollé sur carton d'époque et sous passe-partout. Au verso du carton, le tampon du photographe Heinrich Speer, Munich, avec tampon 'Bild-Nr.' et annoté HEINRICH KÜHN 104 à l'encre bleue d'une main inconnue.

Multiple oil transfer print on lined Japan paper, overall mounted between original window mat and chip board.

Nous remercions M. Andreas Gruber, Albertina/ Vienne et Institut pour la Restauration de Papier Château de Schönbrunn/ Vienne, pour son aide précieuse dans l'identification des techniques employées par Heinrich Kühn.

Provenance

La succession de l'artiste

Literature

Heinrich Kühn (1866  - 1944), Photographien, cat. expo. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Allerheiligenpresse, 1978, ill. pl. 84 (titré 'Bei Arzl' et daté 1913/14).

Condition

This print is very good condition. With very few light spots of discoloration in the upper right corner visible in the image and in the margin; with very few tiny spots of superficial abrasion in the left part of the print towards the centre. The mount is slightly dusty.
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