Lot description
Kopf einer Löwin. 1891.
Oil on canvas, laid on firm board.
Signed and dated lower center. 17.4 x 23.2 cm (6.8 x 9.1 in), visible area.
This small animal and landscape depcition with a great love for the detail from an unusual perspective was made during Kuhnert's first East Africa expedition (1891/92). [CB].
We are grateful to Dr. Angelika Grettmann-Werner, Bremen, for her kind expert advice. The painting is registered in the unpiblished catalog raisonné with the number 6456.