
Property from an American Private Collection
Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)
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June 2, 05:22 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from an American Private Collection
Mihály Munkácsy
Munkács 1844 - 1900 Endenich
Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)
signed lower right: M. de Munkácsy
oil on panel
panel: 54 ¾ by 36 ½ in.; 139.1 by 92.7 cm
framed: 72 ⅛ by 53 ¾ in.; 183.2 by 136.5 cm
Executed in 1888.
The artist's account book, no. 110;
L. W. Livesey, London, by 1911;
With Galerie Heinemann, Munich (consigned by the above);
Gustav A. Schmöle, Hönnenwerth, Menden (acquired directly from the above, 1917);
Collection of J. L. Faber, no. 253;
Sale, London, Sotheby’s, 20 November 1996, lot 106 (as Wine, Women and Song);
Where acquired by the previous owner;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Munich, Galerie Heinemann, Permanent exhibition of works by first-class German, French, Old English and Old Spanish masters, 1914, no. 112 (as Wein, Weib und Gesang);
Munich, Galerie Heinemann, Collection exhibition: L. Flesch Brunningen -v. Csúzy-München, Michael v. Munkacsy, 10 works, January 1915, no. 27 (as Wein, Weib und Gesang).
Steiremark, “Klein Betung” Grätzer Zeitung, Austria, 30 October 1888;
“Permanent exhibition of works by first-class German, French, Old English and Old Spanish masters,” exhibition catalogue, Munich 1914, p. 194, no. 112, reproduced (as Wein, Weib und Gesang);
C. Sedelmeyer, M. von Munkácsy: sein Leben und seine künstlerische Entwicklung, Paris 1914, pp. 104-105, reproduced (as L’Amour, le vin et les chansons);
Collection exhibition: L. Flesch Brunningen -v. Csúzy-München, Michael v. Munkacsy, 10 works, exhibition catalogue, Munich 1915, p. 4, no. 27;
L. Végvári, Munkácsy Mihály élete és művei, Budapest 1958, p. 335, no. 460, pl. CLXVI, reproduced (as Az ő nótája [Bor, dal, asszony]).