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Property from a Distinguished German Collection

Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern

Schönwärsja (Ein Mondmärchen) (Schönwärsja (A Moon Fairytale))

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4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Property from a Distinguished German Collection

Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern

1892 - 1982


Schönwärsja (Ein Mondmärchen) (Schönwärsja (A Moon Fairytale))

signed FRiEDRICH SCHRÖDER-SONNERSTERN'S, dated 1954, and inscribed GESTALTEN (lower right); titled (lower left); signed with the initials, dated 1954 and inscribed (on the verso)

coloured crayon, pencil and ballpoint pen on card

image size: 46.7 by 69.1 cm. 18⅜ by 27½ in.

sheet size: 50.7 by 72.4 cm. 19¾ by 28½ in.

Framed: 65.5 by 87.1 cm. 25¾ by 34¼ in.

Executed in 1954.

Private Collection, Berlin

Thence by descent to the present owner

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