Lot 20
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ALOYS ZÖTL FREISTAG 1803 - 1887 EFERDING, AUSTRIAN SCHOOL | Male and Female Pipas

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Male and Female Pipas
  • Signed and dated lower right Aloys Zötl pinx. am 29 Dezember 1844 ; Inscribed lower left Amphibien Taf. 39 ; Titled lower center Der manliche und weibliche Pipa. Rana Pipa. ; Bears a number lower right 8The number 39 was reinforced by another hand later on.
  • Watercolor on paper
  • Subject : 27,5 x 36 cm ; Sheet : 41 x 53 cm ; 10 7/8  by 14 1/8  in. ; 16 1/8  by 20 7/8  in.

Provenance

Zötl Studio sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3 May 1956, lot 99 ;
Probably purchased at the above by Jacques Puerari, the current owners' uncle ;
Thence by descent

Literature

Julio Cortàzar, Le bestiaired'Aloys Zötl, Parma, 1976, illustrated p. 63, listed p. 147

Condition

- traces of a previous smaller frame, barely visible - restored tear in the upper center by the border towards the sky, another one on the right on the border, another on the rock where the male pipa is standing - light wears are scattered - vertical ondulations in some areas - a few spots are scattered, especially on the inscription ; the title, signature and date are slightly worn - sound and stabilized spots lower right - colors are too contrasted on the photo
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