Anton Faistauer

Arnold Landsberger, Vienna
Private Collection, Austria
Purchased from the above by the family of the present owner in 1987

Franz Fuhrmann, Anton Faistauer, 1887-1930, Salzburg, 1972, p. 133, no. 64, catalogued; n.p., illustrated

The canvas has not been lined. Ultraviolet light reveals some relatively minor scattered signs of retouching, primarily along part of the left of the upper edge, minor scattered spots in the background and near the lower edge, and some minor strokes in the fruit. This work is in good overall condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative modern frame.
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Painted in 1913. According to Fuhrmann (op. cit.), this work was formerly larger and signed lower right, but  the canvas has subsequently been trimmed along all four edges.

See note to lot 17.