L12101

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Lot 3
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Alexander Koester

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Koester
  • Ententeich (Ducks on a pond)
  • signed A. Koester lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 78 by 130cm., 30¾ by 51¼in.

Provenance

Salis & Vertes, Salzburg
Purchased from the above by the father of the present owner in 1997

Exhibited

Munich, Glaspalast, Jubiläumsausstellung zu Ehren des 90. Geburtstags seiner Königlichen Hoheit Prinzregent Luitpold von Bayern, 1911

Literature

Ruth Stein & Hans Koester, Alexander Koester 1864-1932: Leben und Werk, Recklinghausen, 1988, p. 398, no. 650, catalogued & illustrated

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are no signs of retouching visible under UV light. Apart from a slight dimple in the canvas in the extreme upper left corner, overall this work is in good clean condition, and is ready to hang. Held in what would appear to be its original gold-painted wood and plaster frame.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in Klausen circa 1905.