Arnold Böcklin

Medusenschild (Shield with the Head of Medusa)

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

December 9, 01:18 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a German Private Collection

Arnold Böcklin

Swiss

1827 - 1901

Medusenschild (Shield with the Head of Medusa)

painted papier mâché

60.5cm., 23 3/4 in. diameter

Dr Hugo Falkenheim, Munich, acquired as a gift from the artist;
thence by descent to his wife, 1935;
gifted by the above to a private collection, Germany, circa 1943;
thence by descent to the present owner