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Surf

Lost Art-ID

598698

Artist / Creator

Böcklin, Arnold (1827)

Birth

1827.10.19, Basel

Death

1901.01.16, San Domenico di Fiesole

Title

Surf

Dating

1896

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Tempera ; Canvas / painted

Height

40.00 cm

Width

144.00 cm

Description

Supraport; powerful and dynamic movements of the ocean waves, whose turquoise transparency is fringed by white whitecaps and collide with a rock face on the right, in front of which two men are swimming in front of a grotto; monogrammed lower left: AB

Provenance

1901 by inheritance to the artist's family; since 1902 collection Sartorius Rheinhold, Hanover (acquired at the estate exhibition in Hanover); collection Berta Rheinhold, Berlin (from 1915); [...] - a Nazi persecution-related withdrawal cannot be ruled out; 1951 Kunsthandlung Galerie Fischer, Lucerne - sold around 1960; Swiss private collection; 22.03.2016 Auktionshaus Koller Auktionen AG, Zurich (withdrawn)

Literature / Source

H. A. Schmid, Böcklin-Verzeichnis, München 1903, Nr. 396b (Supraporte, Meeresidylle, Besitzer mit Böcklin-Verzeichnis Nr. 396c vertauscht); Arnold Böcklin. Zur Feier seines 100. Geburtstages, 16.10.1927‐5.2.1928, Nr. 185 (mit Besitzervermerk Frau Berta Rheinhold); Rolf Andree, Arnold Böcklin. Die Gemälde, Basel 1977, S. 517, Nr. 452 (mit Abb.)

Published since

03.03.2022

Contact

Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.