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Max Peiffer Watenphul
Türme von St. Peter in Salzburg (Salzburger Kuppeln mit Blick auf Hohensalzburg), 1945
Oil on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 4,000
Sold:
€ 4,572
(incl. surcharge)
Lot description
Türme von St. Peter in Salzburg (Salzburger Kuppeln mit Blick auf Hohensalzburg). 1945.
Oil on cardboard.
58.3 x 30.7 cm (22.9 x 12 in).
[AR].

• From the time when the artist was teaching at the Summer Academy in Salzburg.
• After he had spent the years of the war in Krefeld, he found new creative energy in Austria, and the city became his most important motif.
• Unusual view, completely focused on the vertical towers.
• In private family ownership for more than 35 years
.

Accompanied by a hand-written confirmation issued by Grace Pasqualucci Watenphul on July 13, 1986.

PROVENANCE: Josephine Eskens, Krefeld.
Private collection Salzburg.
Private collection Lower Saxony.

LITERATURE: Grace Watenphul Pasqualucci, Alessandra Pasqualucci, Max Peiffer Watenphul Werkverzeichnis, vol. 1, Gemälde - Aquarelle, Cologne 1989, no. G 308 (illu.).
Karl & Faber, Munich, auction 171, June 6, 1986, lot 1103 (color illu. plate 53).

In good condition. Isolated small losses of color, not affecting the harmonious overall impression. The edges slightly irregular, but this is part of the work's nature. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
Max Peiffer Watenphul
Türme von St. Peter in Salzburg (Salzburger Kuppeln mit Blick auf Hohensalzburg), 1945
Oil on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 4,000
Sold:
€ 4,572
(incl. surcharge)