0431
Karl Sterrer*
(Wien 1885 - 1972 Wien)
„Girl with ships“
1925
oil on canvas; framed
130 x 90 cm
dated and signed on the lower left: 1925 Karl Sterrer
old labels and exhibition numbers on the reverse
Provenance
collection Georg Duschinsky (1888-1942), Vienna;
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (acquired from Georg Duschinsky in 1929);
Forbes Magazine Collection;
Sotheby's New York, 13.10.1993, no. 331;
collection Rudolf Schmutz (1933-2017), Vienna
Exhibition
1929 Vienna, Künstlerhaus Vienna, "50. Jahresausstellung der Genossenschaft der bildenden Künstler Wiens mit Ausstellung Max Liebermann.” Jubiläumsausstellung, 21.03.-02.06.1929;
1929 Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 28. Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, 17 October-8 December 1929, no. 191 (Girl with Ships);
1933 Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, world exhibition
Literature
Max Eisler, Karl Sterrer, in: Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte, year 41, 1926/1927, vol. 1, p. 178 (with colour ill.)
The work will be included in the Karl Sterrer catalogue raisonné currently in preparation.
We are grateful to Prof. Josef Seiter for his kind assistance in the cataloguing process.
Estimate: € 14.000 - 28.000
Result: € 21.120 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.