Lot 8166
Fritz Jacobsen (1914–1979) – a painting depicting the reconstruction of the destroyed Vistula bridges in Dirschau (Tczew), 1942
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
Mixed media on paper; signed and dated "Fritz Jacobsen 1942" at the lower right. A detailed and colorful depiction of a nearly completed railway bridge—with a train already crossing it—alongside construction work on a road bridge. Framed under glass with a double mat and a wooden frame. Image dimensions approx. 21.5 x 33 cm; frame dimensions 43.5 x 53.5 cm. Fritz Jacobsen was represented at the 1936/37 exhibition "Die Straßen des Führers" (The Führer's Roads) at Schönhausen Palace (Berlin) with a painting of a viaduct, and at the 1941 Great German Art Exhibition in Munich with a larger, nearly identical painting depicting the construction of the Dirschau bridges.Condition: I - II Questions about the lot?