Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
JEAN-JACQUES KARPFF, CALLED CASIMIR | PORTRAIT OF JEAN-PHILIPPE BRONNER, IN PROFILE, CIRCA 1810
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Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
JEAN-JACQUES KARPFF, CALLED CASIMIR
Colmar 1770 - 1829 Paris
PORTRAIT OF JEAN-PHILIPPE BRONNER, IN PROFILE, CIRCA 1810
Black and white chalk, in an inscribed circle, gilt and black wood frame;
signed lower right: Casimir
framed: 218 by 218 mm
unframed: 118 mm Diam.
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With Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London;
sale, London, Christie's, 5 December 2007, lot 378;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
London, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Nineteenth and early twentieth century drawings and oil sketches, 1998, no. 4
An old label, written in an unknown hand, is attached to the reverse of the frame. It gives some clue as to the identity of the sitter and reads: Mr. Bronner depin[?] de Casimir Karpff de / Colmar.- / Mr. Bronner ainsi que Casimer Karpff etainent les amis d'efance de mon père. / Hanover le 21 [?] Mars 1869[?]. For a portrait of the same sitter on ivory please see lot 252.
For further information about Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher please see lot 244.