Lot 854
  • 854

Carl Haag

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Carl Haag
  • Bedouin Woman on a Camel
  • signed Carl Haag. and dated 1864. (lower left)
  • watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
  • 20 3/4 by 14 3/4 in.
  • 52.7 by 37.5 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, United Kingdom (by circa 1890) 
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Watercolor, gouache and pencil on heavy paper laid down on paper adhered to the mat near the upper corners using archival tape; tape is also visible in the lower corners verso. Overall the colors remain vibrant. There is minor surface dirt; time and light staining concurrent with age; and minor abrasion at the edges.
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