Ernst Koerner
The Nile at Aswan
Auction Closed
April 23, 02:42 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ernst Koerner
German
1846 - 1927
The Nile at Aswan
dated and signed 1898 Ernst Koerner lower right; signed and inscribed Prof. Ernst Koerner / Berlin NW. 23 Klopstork Str. 55, / Garb Assuan am Nil / (Blüte von Assuan) on a label on the stretcher and inscribed on an exhibition label on the stretcher
oil on canvas
Unframed: 101 by 151cm., 39¾ by 59½in.
Framed: 110.5 by 160cm., 43½ by 63in.
Kunsthandlung S. G. Stadelmayer
Private collection, Bavaria (purchased from the above circa 1920)
Berlin, Kunstausstellung, 1898, no. 561 (as Gräberberg von Assuan am Nil)
Ernst Koerner travelled to Egypt in 1878, 1887 and 1905. The present work was painted during the artist's time as President of the Berlin Art Association (1895-1899).
You May Also Like
