Lovis Corinth(Tapiau 1858 – 1925 Zandvoort) Leda, 1890 Oil on cardboard, laid down on panel, 36 x 49.5 cmSigned and dated lower left Lovis Corinth / 1890 Provenance:Ernst Zaeslein (1863-1918), Berlin;Galerie Eduard Schulte, the Ernst Zaeslein collection, 1912, no. 568;Alfred Walter von Heymel, Berlin (1878-1914), writer and publisher;Frankfurt, Prestel, auction sale, May 10, 1915, lot…
Lovis Corinth(Tapiau 1858 – 1925 Zandvoort) Self-Portrait, c.1916verso: Phaethon and the Sun Chariot (Fig. 1) Watercolor on paper, verso pencil, 28 x 21. 5 cmSigned lower left Lovis Corinth Provenance:Dr. Ludwig Burchard, Berlin/Antwerp/London;Stefanie Maison, London;V. Thaw, New York;Paul Drey Gallery, New York;German private collection. Exhibited:Exhibition of Twentieth Century German Art, London, New Burlington Galleries 1938,…
Louis-Étienne Watelet(1780 – Paris – 1866) The Cascades at Tivoli, 1824 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 43.3 x 55.8 cmSigned and dated lower left Watelet 1824 Provenance:Private collection, France. Exhibited:Salon, Paris, 1824, no. 1745 (‘Étude, d’après nature, des cascatelles de Tivoli’). For centuries, Italy has been a popular destination for travelers and…
Louis Tuaillon(1862 – Berlin – 1919) An Amazon on Horseback, c.1903 Patinated bronze, height 84.5 cmSigned L. TUAILLON on the plinth in front of the horse’s left hind hoof Provenance:Private collection, Switzerland. The popularity of Amazons on horseback bears witness to the great appeal Antiquity exerted in the nineteenth century, particularly in Germany. Two…