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Otto Sommer 1811 - 1911
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Otto Sommer
- Attacked by a Bear
- signed Otto Sommer and dated 1864 (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- 29 3/4 by 40 inches
- (75.6 by 101.6 cm)
Provenance
John Malloy, Lew Beach, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1980
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1980
Condition
This work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined. There is frame abrasion at edges, and a stretcher bar mark at the top edge. There is one white pindot accretion in the mountain at upper left. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
Please note the following additional provenance:
John Malloy, Lew Beach, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1980
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Otto Sommer exhibited at the National Academy of Design between 1862 and 1866, at which time he was living in New York City. According to William Gerdts, he had moved west to Chicago by the late 1860s, and returned to Munich, Germany, from where he originally emigrated, before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (Art Across America, New York, 1990, vol. II, pp. 290, 292). His known work includes both New England and European landscapes, views of West Point on the Hudson, and Westward Ho! in the collection of the Los Angeles Athletic Club.