Moritz von Schwind
(Vienna 1804-1871 Munich)
Noblemen and musicians, cutouts, white paper on black coloured paper, 21,5 x 34,5 cm, framed, with an owner’s note Dr. Wilhelmi Leipzig-R., Kapellenstr. 1 on the reverse, numbered 148, (BH)
Provenance:
Collection Dr. Franz Leberecht Wilhelmi (1842-1919), Leipzig-Reudnitz;
His heirs - Private collection, Saxony.
Illustrated in: Hildegard Heyne, Moritz v. Schwind als Silhouettenkünstler, in: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, 47. Jg. N. F., Vol. XXIII April 1912, Heft 7, Fig. 1.
The description reads: "Man beachte die köstliche Charakteristik, die in der Umrißlinie der Gesichter und durch die Bildung und Haltung der Beine herausgearbeitet ist, ferner den Zusammenschluß der vier Figuren zu einem Ganzen durch die Zickzacklinie, welche durch die Komposition hindurchführt..." ) One is supposed to observe the exquisite characteristics with which the contour lines of the faces and the formation and postures of the legs are worked out and how the assemblage of the figures into a whole is achieved by a zigzag line which captures the whole composition…) According to Heyne, the knight in the sheet’s outside left is supposed to be a caricature of the artist himself.
Specialist: Mag. Barbara Hagerty
Mag. Barbara Hagerty
+43-1-515 60-736
barbara.hagerty@dorotheum.at
28.09.2022 - 16:08
- Realized price: **
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EUR 2,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 700.- to EUR 1,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 500.-
Moritz von Schwind
(Vienna 1804-1871 Munich)
Noblemen and musicians, cutouts, white paper on black coloured paper, 21,5 x 34,5 cm, framed, with an owner’s note Dr. Wilhelmi Leipzig-R., Kapellenstr. 1 on the reverse, numbered 148, (BH)
Provenance:
Collection Dr. Franz Leberecht Wilhelmi (1842-1919), Leipzig-Reudnitz;
His heirs - Private collection, Saxony.
Illustrated in: Hildegard Heyne, Moritz v. Schwind als Silhouettenkünstler, in: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, 47. Jg. N. F., Vol. XXIII April 1912, Heft 7, Fig. 1.
The description reads: "Man beachte die köstliche Charakteristik, die in der Umrißlinie der Gesichter und durch die Bildung und Haltung der Beine herausgearbeitet ist, ferner den Zusammenschluß der vier Figuren zu einem Ganzen durch die Zickzacklinie, welche durch die Komposition hindurchführt..." ) One is supposed to observe the exquisite characteristics with which the contour lines of the faces and the formation and postures of the legs are worked out and how the assemblage of the figures into a whole is achieved by a zigzag line which captures the whole composition…) According to Heyne, the knight in the sheet’s outside left is supposed to be a caricature of the artist himself.
Specialist: Mag. Barbara Hagerty
Mag. Barbara Hagerty
+43-1-515 60-736
barbara.hagerty@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Watercolours |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 28.09.2022 - 16:08 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 23.09. - 28.09.2022 |
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