Lot 33
"The Zither Player in a Farmhouse Parlour", Maximilian Wachsmuth (Laßrönne 1859–1912 München), circa 1900
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1188 Lots
Description
Oil on canvas. Inscribed lower right “M Wachsmuth”. In a farmhouse parlour, a young woman in regional costume sits at left with a zither on her lap. At right are two men in lederhosen with tobacco pipes, one standing and the other seated on a masonry stove bench. Canvas with undulating deformations in both upper corners. Two scratches along the upper image edge. Upper right with abrasions and a small puncture to the canvas support with associated paint loss. Small canvas patch to the reverse in the lower part of the image; under UV light, local retouching is visible in the corresponding area to the left of the stool. Frame with abrasions and scattered losses to the decorative finish, particularly on the profiled inner mouldings. Image dimensions 80.5 × 100 cm, frame dimensions 93.2 × 113.5 cm. Wachsmuth enrolled at the Munich Academy in 1883 and, alongside landscapes, painted primarily Alpine genre scenes.353467
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