Oil on canvas.
Firmenich/Lukas 346. Signed and dated in lower left. 64.7 x 78.8 cm.
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- One of the symbolically encrypted and yet very visionary works made after the Nazis had seized power in 1933. - In December of the year the work was made, Josef Scharl emigrated to the USA, where he, after initial hardships, soon found great recognition. - Part of several U.S. exhibitons during the artist's lifetime. - For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
LITERATURE: Alfred Neumeyer, Josef Scharl, New York, 1945 (with illu. p. 37).