Sale: 555 / 19th Century Art, June 08. 2024 in Munich Lot 123001355

 

123001355
Carl Spitzweg
Die Scharwache, Um 1875-1880.
Oil on paper, laminated on panel
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000

 
$ 74,900 - 96,300

Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Die Scharwache. Um 1875-1880.
Oil on paper, laminated on panel.
Lower left with the signature paraph. Numbered "103-707" and "582" on the reverse. 32.5 x 15 cm (12.7 x 5.9 in). Plate: 35,2 x 17,6 cm (13,8 x 6,9 in).

• Iconic, atmospheric nightscape with distinctive figures in a characteristic, angled architectural setting.

We are grateful to Mr Detlef Rosenberger, who appraised the original work, for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

LITERATURE: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, no. 1584 (illu.).

Auction house Lempertz, Cologne, auction on November 23, 1977, lot 582 (illu.).
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg und die französischen Zeichner, ex. cat. Haus der Kunst Munich, 1985, p. 370, no. 691 (illu.), p. 496.
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Die Scharwache, ein nächtliches Thema. Dokumentation, Starnberg-Munich, R.f.v.u.a.K. 1990, p. 41, Bavarian State Library Munich, inv. no. Ana 656 SW 39.
Siegfried Wichmann, Kunst, Kosten und Konflikte, Frankfurt/Berlin 1991, pp. 286f.
Siegfried Wichmann, Münchner Landschaftsmaler im 19. Jahrhundert, Meister Schüler Themen, Weyarn o. J., pp. 210f., no. 463 (illu.).
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Die Scharwache. Dokumentation, Starnberg-Munich, R.f.v.u.a.K. 2000, pp. 32f., Bavarian State Library Munich, inv. no. Ana 656 SW 159.




123001355
Carl Spitzweg
Die Scharwache, Um 1875-1880.
Oil on paper, laminated on panel
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000

 
$ 74,900 - 96,300

Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.