Oct 26, 2017 - Sale 2459

Sale 2459 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949) DEUTSCHLAND / RHEIN ZAUBER. Circa 1929.
39 3/4x25 1/2 inches, 101x64 3/4 cm. Herm. Sonntag u Co., Munich.
Condition B: restored losses in margins; repaired tears and restoration at edges, affecting text and image; slight darkening at edges; repaired pin holes in corners; light foxing in lower image. Mounted on foamcore.
In a multi-layered image, Howlwein combines the fairy tale skyline of the Marksburg Castle, which sits on a hill above the town of Braubach, with the Rhine river and some Springtime budding of the local flora. This is the German version. Hohlwein / Stuttgart 283, Hohlwein / Munich 248 (var).