Waldrand mit sonnenbeschienener Baumgruppe. Um 1880/1885.
Oil on board.
Gmelin 717. Signed in lower left. Verso with numbered and typographically inscribed labels, as well as numbered and inscribed by hand. 13.5 x 18.5 cm (5.3 x 7.2 in).

• A lively, spirited landscape in which Wilhelm Busch's artistic personality and brushwork are recognizable.
• Fascinating painterly examination of the paintings by Dutch Old Masters, which Busch was enthusiastic about.
• The landscapes, largely withheld from the public by Busch, are at the Neue Pinakothek and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, and the Albertimun - Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden .

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Hermann Nöldeke (1860-1932), Hattorf, the artist's nephew (verso with an inscription).
Privately-owned.
Private collection Northern Germany.

LITERATURE: Kastern Auktionen, Hanover, auction on April 9, 2005, lot 4 (wit illu.).