Lot 18
  • 18

Walter Roshardt

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 CHF
bidding is closed

Description

  • Walter Roshardt
  • i. Stehende junge Frau in langem Kleidii. Frau mit offenem Mieder, 1947iii. Liegendes Mädchen, 1948
  • i. signed lower left
    ii. signed with artist's initials middle right and signed and dated lower right
    iii. signed lower right, dated and inscribed Engelberg by Hess lower left and inscribed Engelberg bei Poldi Hess lower center
  • i. brown crayon, ink and watercolour on paper
    ii. pencil on paper
    iii. pencil on paper
  • i. 40 x 27 cm (sight size); ii. 26.5 x 19 cm; iii. 26 x 17.5 (sight size)

Provenance

i. Galerie Meissner, Zurich  
Private collection Switzerland (acquired at the above gallery in 2006)
ii. Galerie Meissner, Zurich
Private collection Switzerland

Exhibited

i. Zurich, Städtische Kunstkammer zum Strauhof, Gedächtnis-Ausstellung Walter Roshardt, 1967, no. 42
ii. Zurich, Städtische Kunstkammer zum Strauhof, Gedächtnis-Ausstellung Walter Roshardt, 1967, no. 92

Literature

i. Roshardt-Kasette, Grano-lithographie

Condition

I. Has not been unframed. Brown spots around the figure. Excellent condition. II. Has not been unframed. Traces of glue below the centre of the right margin. Excellent condition. III. Has not been unframed. Fine crease along the margin and in the below part. Good condition.
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