152
Hans Unger
Liegender weiblicher Akt, Wohl um 1906.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,500 Sold:
€ 6,350 / $ 6,985 (incl. surcharge)
Liegender weiblicher Akt. Likely c. 1906.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right. Numbered and inscribed on the reverse, as well as with an old exhibition label and the stamp "Hans Unger 97". 101 x 160 cm (39.7 x 62.9 in).
• Hans Unger is considered one of the central representatives of Symbolism and Art Nouveau in Germany.
• A dreamy and pensive female figure in the tradition of French Symbolism à la Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau.
• An impasto, illuminated female figure in Unger's typically enigmatic pictorial language.
PROVENANCE: John Knittel Collection (1891-1970), Switzerland (ever since family-owned).
EXHIBITION: Mannheimer Kunstverein, no. 95 (with the label).
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right. Numbered and inscribed on the reverse, as well as with an old exhibition label and the stamp "Hans Unger 97". 101 x 160 cm (39.7 x 62.9 in).
• Hans Unger is considered one of the central representatives of Symbolism and Art Nouveau in Germany.
• A dreamy and pensive female figure in the tradition of French Symbolism à la Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau.
• An impasto, illuminated female figure in Unger's typically enigmatic pictorial language.
PROVENANCE: John Knittel Collection (1891-1970), Switzerland (ever since family-owned).
EXHIBITION: Mannheimer Kunstverein, no. 95 (with the label).
152
Hans Unger
Liegender weiblicher Akt, Wohl um 1906.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,500 Sold:
€ 6,350 / $ 6,985 (incl. surcharge)