Sale: 417 / Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century, Nov. 21. 2014 in Munich Lot 330


330
Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen
Das Blindekuhspiel, 1868.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,250
Sold:
€ 35,380 / $ 38,564

(incl. surcharge)
Das Blindekuhspiel. 1868.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Berlin" lower right. 59 x 80 cm (23,2 x 31,4 in).

The painting is listed in the artist's studio list under no. 780. We are grateful to Rudolf Meyer-Bremen for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Richard von Hardt, Berlin (acquired directly from artist). Ever since in family ownership.

EXHIBITION: XXV. Sonder-Ausstellung in der königlichen National-Galerie Berlin, 22 May - 3 July, 1887, with works by G. Meyer von Bremen, R. Schick, K. Hausmann and A. Behrendsen, cat. no. 24a (no illu.).

LITERATURE: Fr. W. Alexander, Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen. Das Lebensbild eines deutschen Genremalers, Leipzig 1910, no. 99 (with illu. in black and white, with differing dimensions).
Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 2nd volume, p. 38 (no. 55).




330
Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen
Das Blindekuhspiel, 1868.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,250
Sold:
€ 35,380 / $ 38,564

(incl. surcharge)