Lot 184
  • 184

Gabriele Münter

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gabriele Münter
  • DER HAFEN VON NARVIK (THE HARBOUR AT NARVIK)
  • signed Münter (lower right)

  • oil on canvas 

  • 50.6 by 61.3cm., 19 1/8 by 24 1/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne
Private Collection (acquired from the above; sale: Sotheby's, London, 4th December 1996, lot 190)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Gabriele Münter, 1981, no. L544, illustrated in colour in the catalogue


To be included in the forthcoming Münter Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr Isabelle Jansen.

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There are a few very small thin scratches in the paint surface towards the lower left corner, two of which have associated retouchings visible under UV light. This work is in very good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue. The colours are brighter in the original.
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