Master Paintings and 19th Century European Art

Master Paintings and 19th Century European Art

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Property from a Private Collection

Alexander Koester

Ducks in a Pond

Auction Closed

May 25, 07:43 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Alexander Koester

German 1864-1932

Ducks in a Pond (Enten in Flachem Schilfwasser)


signed lower left: A. KOESTER

oil on canvas

canvas: 28 ½ by 47 in.; 72.5 by 119.4 cm

framed: 35 ¼ by 53 ¼ in.; 89.5 by 136.3 cm

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, June 26, 1987, lot 37 as Enten im reflexlicht am seeufer;

Private collection;

Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 23 May 1991, lot 131;

Private collection; 

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 1 February 2019, lot 471;

Where acquired.

Ruth Stein and Hans Koester, Alexander Koester 1864-1932: Leben und Werk, Recklinghausen, 1988, n.p., no. 756, illustrated, pl. 65