Jan 30, 2003 - Sale 1958

Sale 1958 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 805
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
EUGENIA WERMKE. Circa 1900.
24 5/8x37 1/2 inches. Adolph Friedlander, Hamburg.
Condition B+: overpainting and restoration in expertly replaced margins; horizontal fold; minor restoration in image.
Promoting an early strong woman, colorful vignettes of rather outrageous acts of strong-woman prowess, the majority of which seem to revolve around her jaw muscles; including carrying two men on a large keg of beer in her teeth, having a rock held from her mouth pummelled with a sledge hammer and other show-stopping feats; lettering in red.