Lot 47
  • 47

Hans Thoma

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Hans Thoma
  • Sunburst over Säckingen, Black Forest
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 1910 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 90 by 120cm., 35½ by 47¼in.
Needs cleaning, which would cost approx. 800GBP

Provenance

K. Haberstock, Berlin (by 1915)
Galerie Schneider, Stuttgart
Purchased from the above in 1998 by the late owner, thence by descent

Exhibited

Leipzig, 1910

Literature

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, XXXVII, Darmstadt, 1915/16, p. 19 (illustration of the work as it appeared when first painted in 1907, as Hervorbrechende Sonne. The painting was then reworked in 1910)

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. Ultra-violet light reveals a thick layer of residual varnish which makes the surface quite difficult to read - it is therefore difficult to ascertain any previous restoration. However, some strokes of retouching are visible in the far lower right corner and in the upper left corner. Overall, this work is in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a gilt frame.
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Catalogue Note

The present work is listed in the Hans Thoma archive of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.