Feb 02, 2012 - Sale 2267

Sale 2267 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
ADOLF KARPELLUS (1869-1919) ESTABLISSEMENT FÜR MIETWÄSCHE.
47x36 inches, 119 1/2x91 cm. K. Hofl. J. Weiner, Vienna.
Condition A. Framed.
Although he is primarily remembered for his World War I images, Karpellus was also involved in commercial advertising. Here, he employs something akin to French Post-Impressionism, using an engaging pointillist technique to depict a young woman hanging up her laundry. rare