The Gilded Age Revisited: Property from a Distinguished American Collection

The Gilded Age Revisited: Property from a Distinguished American Collection

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Eugen von Blaas | THE FLIRTATION

Auction Closed

February 2, 06:45 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Eugen von Blaas

1843 - 1931

AUSTRIAN

THE FLIRTATION


signed E. de Blaas. and dated 1889 (lower right) 

oil on panel 

32 by 20 3/8 in.

76.2 by 51.8 cm

Sale: Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, June 3, 2000, lot 414, illustrated 

Richard Green, London

Acquired from the above 

Thomas Wassibauer, Eugen von Blaas, Das Werk, Hildesheim, 2005, p. 129, no. 98, illustrated 

Dressed in beautifully rendered, colorful fabrics, the two women in The Flirtation laugh, blush and confide in one another, fully aware of a flirtatious suitor who emerges from the entrance of the garden in the background. Eugen von Blaas strove to capture the inherent beauty of Italian women with vignettes of their conversations in the street or courting with lovers. This playful flirtation is representative of von Blaas’ world of carefree, joyous young people.