Feb 09, 2006 - Sale 2066

Sale 2066 - Lot 153

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
LUDWIG HOHLWEIN WILHELM MOZER. 1909.
49x36 inches.
Condition B+: losses along bottom margin; tears and wrinkles at edges; creases in image. Paper.
An image as succulent as it is well executed. For the Wilhelm Mozer delicatessen and food store, Hohlwein has created an overloaded table of delectable comestibles; a red lobster, red roses, oranges, lemons, champagne and brandy against a dark purple background. The table is so bountifully laden that, like a cornucopia, it runneth over, and Hohlwein captures this sense of plenty by having the food actually extend past the boundaries of the borders as if there weren't enough room to hold it all. This unusual variation has two separate bannes affixed to it, altering most of the text on the left side, and including rarely seen text on the right side. Hohlwein / Munich 141, Weill 181.