Sale: 326 / Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century/ Marine Ar, Oct. 27. 2007 in Hamburg Lot 1238

 
Carl Spitzweg - Der Bücherwurm


1238
Carl Spitzweg
Der Bücherwurm
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Sold:
€ 9,360 / $ 10,108

(incl. surcharge)

Der Bücherwurm. Around 1850.
Pencil drawing.
Stamped with the blue Nachlass mark lower right (Lugt 2307). With very faint inscription upper right. On paper. 33,5 : 21 cm (13,1 : 8,2 in), size of sheet. Very beautiful preliminary study of the 'Bücherwurm' (Wichmann 534-541). The motif of the disconnected outsider who lives in his own world and complety devotes himself to the acquisition of knowledge is taken up by Spitzweg and characterised in a tenderly-ironic fashion in several paintings. [KR]
EXPERTISE: The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Prof. Dr. Jens Christian Jensen, Hamburg

Verso: Garment study. Pencil
Good overall impression. Irregularly discoloured. Verso with an old paper strip mount along the edges, recto slightly overlapping. With a small tear at the upper sheet edge.




1238
Carl Spitzweg
Der Bücherwurm
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Sold:
€ 9,360 / $ 10,108

(incl. surcharge)