3152
„The Letter Reader“
1860
oil on panel; framed
57,5 x 45,5 cm
signed and dated on the right margin in the middle on the bench: Waldmüller 1860
Provenance
Alexander Posonyi, Art Collection of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Vienna, February 12–15, 1878, Lot 64;
collection of Gottlieb (1845–1914) and Regine Bettelheim (ca. 1850–1934), Vienna;
inherited by their daughter Rosa Lemberger (1882–1962), Vienna, until 1938;
confiscated by the Gestapo in 1938;
deposited with the Monument Preservation Authority at the Lower Belvedere (Orangery), Vienna;
1944: transported to Altaussee as part of a salvage operation, stored in the salt mine;
1951: restituted to the Lemberger family and handed over to their authorized representative;
since 1954: Private collection, Germany
Literature
Bruno Grimschitz, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Salzburg 1957, p. 361, no. 931 (b./w.-illus.);
Rupert Feuchtmüller, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. 1793-1865. Leben, Schriften, Werke, Vienna/Munich 1996, p. 519, no. 1016 (mistake in the provenance)
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 57.500 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Hammer Price: € 44.000
Auction is closed.