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Lot 6
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Carl Hasenpflug

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Carl Hasenpflug
  • Burgruine (Ruins of a Castle)
  • signed and dated C Hasenpflug 1848 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 26.5 by 29.5cm., 10½ by 11¾in.

Provenance

Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt (sale: Neumeister, Munich, Sammlung Georg Schäfer, 24 February 2005, lot 36)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Halberstadt, Städtisches Museum, Carl Hasenpflug: Wahrheit und Vision, 2002, no. 51, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

The canvas has been relined. Under UV light there is some minor retouching, notably just a few scattered spots in the arch and a 1 by 1cm spot in the upper left, and along the extreme left edge addressing frame rubbing. Apart from some minor craquelure visible under close inspection in the sky, overall this work is in good condition and is ready to hang. Held in a decorative gold-painted wood and plaster frame.
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