Auction House

Auction: 19th Century Paintings

28. November 2023, 5:00 pm

Object overview
Object

1133

„Grein on the Danube with Greinburg Castle“
1846
watercolour on paper; framed
15.4 x 22 cm
signed and dated on the lower right: R Alt 1846

Provenance

auction catalogue C.G. Boerner Leipzig, Sammlung kostbarer Aquarelle von Rudolf von Alt aus Fürstlichem Besitz, 16 November 1922, pp. 8-9, no. 17 (b/w-ill.);
collection Richard Kulka (1863-1931), Vienna;
collection Lotte Heissfeld (niece of Richard Kulka), Vienna, until 1938;
was blocked by the Austrian authorities from export;
Forced sale Artaria & Co, Vienna, 20 December 1938, as a result of Nazi persecution;
Austrian private property

Literature

Walter Koschatzky, Rudolf von Alt. Mit einer Sammlung von Werken der Malerfamilie Alt der Raiffeisen Zentralbank Austria AG, Vienna/Cologne/Weimar 2001², p. 374, cat.-no. 46/01

This watercolour is offered for sale after an agreement with the heirs of Valerie and Lotte Heissfeld.

Estimate: € 6.000 - 12.000
Result: € 7.680 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.