Lot 782
  • 782

Hugo Ungewitter

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Hugo Ungewitter
  • The Last of the Day
  • signed UNGEWITTER., dated 1933 and inscribed BERLIN
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 by 47 1/2 in.
  • 81.3 by 120.6 cm

Provenance

Otto Banger, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1974 

Condition

This work is in original unlined condition with minor associated undulations throughout. Overall the surface is fresh and bright and the colors remain vibrant. There is minor surface dirt; some areas of discoloration in the sky; and a few isolated pinpoint dots of discoloration in the background and foreground. Finely patterned craquelure is visible in the darker pigments of the horses, figures and dogs; with a few associated small areas of loss and lifting on and around the saddle and the proper left shoulder of the right horse. Under UV: a few isolated pinpoint dots fluoresce in the foreground. There is a diagonal dash of retouching to the right of the far left dog's head and a brushy spot of retouching at the left edge underneath the horizon.
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