Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 151

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

HANS SCHÄR (DATES UNKNOWN)

BERNE / SWITZERLAND. 1936.


40½x25½ inches, 102¾x64¾ cm. Laupen, Bern.
Condition B+: expert overpainting in margins; expertly-repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image and along unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds.

Crossing the Aare river and connecting to the Enge peninsula where the historic part of the city is based, are the Nydeggbrücke and the Untertorbrücke bridges. Rising above the red roofs of the old city are the Bern Minster Cathedral and the Zeitglockenturm. The Bernese Alps serve as the background.