Lot 131
  • 131

Hermann Herzog

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Hermann Herzog
  • After the Storm 
  • signed H. Herzog. (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 34 3/4 by 54 in.
  • 88.3 by 137.2 cm

Provenance

Jim Fowler & Son's Period Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (according to a label on the reverse)
Acquired circa 1995 

Condition

This work has been wax lined. A fine web of stable craquelure is visible throughout the composition. Under UV: an old varnish fluoresces green throughout the foreground yet scattered fine dots of retouching are visible. Additional isolated areas of broad, brushy retouching in the foreground, sky and mountains.
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