3213
„Gesaeuse entrance near Admont“
1879
watercolour on paper; framed
28.5 x 44.5 cm
signed on the lower left: R. Alt
inscribed and dated on the lower right: Admont 23 Aug (1)879
Provenance
Art Salon Pisko, Vienna, 26/27 February 1906, no. 4 (Gesäuseeingang bei Admont);
Auction house Kende, Vienna, Kat. 26/1909, no. 1;
Art Salon Pisko, Vienna, 10 February 1909, no. 2 (Gesäuseeingang);
Auction house Leo Schidlof, Vienna, 17/18 November 1924, no. 43 (b/w-ill.), (Admont im Gesäuse);
Dorotheum, Vienna, 8 May 1941, no. 81, ill. 2 (b/w-ill.), (Gebirgstal bei Admont);
Auction house Hassfurther, Vienna, 29 October 1996, no. 2, (probably acquired there by the aunt of the current owner);
2018 to the current owner by inheritance (private property, Vienna)
Literature
Rudolf von Alt. 1812-1905. Die schönsten Aquarelle aus den acht Jahrzehnten seines Schaffens, exhibition catalogue Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna 1984, p. 131, no. 200 (b/w-ill.)
Estimate: € 10.000 - 20.000
Hammer price: € 11.000
Auction is closed.