Search Request | Object report
Road to Gesundaberget (Sweden)
Lost Art-ID
577678
Artist / Creator
Crodel, Charles
Birth
1894.09.16, Marseille
Death
1973, München
Place of activity
München; Halle (Saale)
Last mentioned
1953 (vor)
Title
Road to Gesundaberget (Sweden)
Dating
1923
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
75.00 cm
Width
99.00 cm
Inventory number
Littmann: 67 (neu 68)
Description
Signed lower left: Ch. Crodel 23; Livestock in a Swedish mountain village. A real and fantastically condensed composition clarifying the contrast of the lush green area and the dark blue threatening sky. Illuminated in pink to deep red-brown. A argillaceous wooden hut given breathing space to the buldings and the street in the center of the painting. Depicting the magical relationship bewteen humans and animals. A saturated, idyllic nature based on a strong mental arousal.
Provenance
Collection Dr. Ismar Littmann (died 1934); consigned by Kaethe Littman at Perl, Berlin, Auction 188, February 1935, Lot 2442 (according to owner directory no. [32] J. S., in B. = Josef Sachs); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Max Perl, Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, Berlin: Bücher des 15. - 20. Jahrh.: darunter Bücher aus der Bibliothek Robert Steinberg, Bielefeld ; Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik, Kunstgewerbe, Plastik ; 26. und 27. Februar [und] 28. Februar 1935 (Katalog Nr. 188) — Berlin, 1935
Published since
Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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