Lot 26
  • 26

Paul Baum

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Baum
  • Rathaus in St. Anna (the town hall in St. Anna)
  • signed P. Baum lower right

  • oil on canvas
  • 62 by 56cm., 24¼ by 22in.

Provenance

Galerie Arnold, Dresden
Anneliese Rücker-Embden
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (bequeathed by the above; de-accessioned in 2009)

Exhibited

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (until 2009)

Literature

Possibly, Wolfram Hitzeroth, Paul Baum (1859-1932) Ein Leben als Landschaftsmaler, Marburg, 1988, p. 541, no. N 30 v (not illustrated, catalogued as Marktplatz in St. Anna; Nachmittagssonne im Herbst)

Condition

The canvas has been re-lined. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light. This work is in overall very good condition, with fresh, bright colours and strong impasto, and ready to hang. Held in a decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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