Lot 5
  • 5

Rudolf Koller

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 CHF
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Description

  • Rudolf Köller
  • Die Unterredung, 1876
  • signed and dated lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 94 x 144 cm (sight size)

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland (by descent to the present owner)

Condition

Has not been relined. Canvas is slightly wavy. Horizontal traces of the stretcher frame. There is craquelure mainly in the sky and in the lake visible. Irregular varnish. Under UV light retouching visible mainly in the upper right corner along the left and right margin and one retouching above the tail from the horse. Otherwise, good condition.
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