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Edward Harrison Compton
Wasserfall, 1906
Watercolor
Starting bid:
€ 1,200
Estimate:
€ 1,500 - 2,500
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75
Edward Harrison Compton
Wasserfall, 1906
Watercolor
Starting bid:
€ 1,200
Estimate:
€ 1,500 - 2,500
End: 02-15-26 15:37:00 Berlin
02-15-26 09:37:00 New York
02-15-26 06:37:00 Los Angeles (23 days, 01h:56m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 56,54 €,
within the EU countries 104,77 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Edward Harrison Compton
1881 - 1960
Wasserfall. 1906.
Watercolor and pencil, white-heightened.
Monogrammed and dated in the lower left. On wove paper. 21.3 x 33.3 cm (8.3 x 13.1 in), the full sheet.
Included: preparatory study in pencil on wove paper. Monogrammed and titled in the lower left. [MH].

We are grateful to Sibylle Brandes, Tutzing, for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Antiquitäten Wagner, Innsbruck.
Private collection, Austria (acquired from the above).

In good condition. Overall browned. The upper edge of the sheet is slightly irregular along the tear line. There is a small tear (approx. 8 mm) on the right edge of the sheet.
The accompanying preliminary study is in good condition. Slightly bleached in the passe-partout cutout. The left edge of the sheet is irregular due to studio conditions, with paper loss and small tears.