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Property from the heirs of Max & Hertha Morgenstern

Alfred Kubin

Hauff, Gespensterschiff (Hauff, Ghost Ship)

Lot Closed

April 14, 01:44 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the heirs of Max & Hertha Morgenstern

Alfred Kubin

1877 - 1959

Hauff, Gespensterschiff (Hauff, Ghost Ship)

signed Kubin (lower right) and titled (lower left); and with the Max Morgenstern collector's stamp on the reverse

pen and ink and wash, watercolour, and gouache on paper

Image size: 20 by 15.5cm., 7⅞ by 6⅛in.

Sheet size: 31.7 by 19.7cm., 12½ by 7¾in.

Framed: 44 by 37cm., 17⅜ by 14⅝in.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Peter Assmann.

Please note this lot will remain at New Bond Street after the sale.

Maximilian (Max) & Hertha Morgenstern, Vienna (acquired from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owners

The present work is one of the original illustrations which Alfred Kubin produced for Wilhelm Hauffs Märchen, published in 1911.