Jul 09, 2020 - Sale 2540

Sale 2540 - Lot 362

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(COBWEB PAINTING.) Gemälde auf Spinnengewebe. Skillful gouache brushwork on a sheer spiderweb canvas framed between two gilt-beveled sheets of card. 4 1/2x3 1/4 inches image size; 9 1/2x8 inches mount size; lower edge separated from mount from age contraction, small area of painted loss; housed in publisher's cloth-backed board portfolio playfully employing a printed spiderweb theme; publisher's printed card and cobweb sample concealed by a fold-over tab pasted to inside front cover, small repair to portfolio flap. Innsbruck: Franz Unterberger, circa 1870's
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The fine painting is of a Tyrolean peasant couple seated on a wooden bench. The man plays a zither while his companion knits. The painting can be viewed either recto or verso without losing of a bit of detail due to the translucent nature of the medium. This delicate genre, designed to be sold to tourists, is understandably ephemeral and examples in nice condition rarely survive.