Lot 28. Vasily Alexandrovich Kotarbinsky 1849-1921. CAMEL CAVALRY. Signed in Latin l.r.
oil on canvas; 72 by 134.5cm, 28 1/4 by 53in.
Estimate 15,000-20,000 GBP. Sothebys. 12/1/15
Day: 11/15/2015
Henryk Siemiradzki (1843 – 1902)
Lot 25. Henryk Siemiradzki 1843 – 1902. BY THE SPRING, bears a label on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 29.5 by 50cm, 11 1/2 by 19 3/4 in.
Provenance The artist’s estate
Thence by descent to the present owners
Estimate 18,000-25,000 GBP. Sothebys. 1/1/15
Jan Kudrewicz, the great-grandfather of the current owner, was a friend of Henryk Siemiradzki. The Siemiradzki family would often visit the Kudrewiczs on their estate in Keidan, in present-day Lithuania, where the artist would paint portraits of their friends and family. The unfinished portrait in this catalogue is believed to depict Walerjan Zawisza Linkowiec, a neighbouring landowner.
According to family lore, Stanislawa the youngest daughter of Kudrewicz and Leon, the youngest son of Siemiradzki, were sweethearts from childhood. Like her father, Stanislawa was drawn to the Eternal City and after they married the couple left Poland for Rome where they lived out the rest of their days. When they died childless, Siemiradzki’s estate passed on to Stanislawa’s nephew Edward Kudrewicz, the father of the present owners, who in 1979 donated the majority to the National Museum in Krakow where they now form part of the Sukiennice Collection. By the Spring and Portrait of a Man said to be Walerjan Zawisza Linkowiec are two of the few paintings which were kept by the family. Girl on a Swing was given to the Kudrewicz family by the artist as a token of his friendship.
Stanisław Stückgold (1868 – 1933)
Lot 542. Stanislaus Stückgold. Landschaft mit Reiter
Oil on canvas. 100 x 80.5 cm. Framed. Monogrammed ‘St.’ in reddish brown lower right. Additionally monogrammed ‘St.’ verso upper left and signed ‘Stückgold’ in red in the center. – Partial minimal rubbing. Entirely painted on the reverse.
Provenance
Formerly collection Clemens Weiler, Wiesbaden; Private possession, Hesse
Exhibitions
Munich 1917 (Neue Kunst Hans Goltz), Stanislaus Stückgold, cat. no. 23 with illus. p. 19; Hanover 1917 (Kestner-Gesellschaft), Stückgold, Josef Eberz. Gemälde, Graphik, IX. Sonderausstellung, cat. no. 23; Wiesbaden/Bonn/Munich 1958/59 (Städtisches Museum/Städtische Kunstsammlungen/Städtische Galerie), Stanislaus Stückgold. 1868 – 1933, cat. no. 15
Literature
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, XX. vol., issue 7-8, Darmstadt 1917, illus. p. 346; Clemens Weiler, Stanislaus Stückgold, Wiesbaden 1962, illus. p. 47
Estimate 8,000-9,000 euro. Lempertz. 11/27/15
Witold Pałka (1928 – 2003)
Lot 1655. Palka, Witold 1928 Dabrowce (heute Kattowitz) – 2013 ebd. Studium an der Kunstakademie in Krakau. Öl/Lw. Theaterszene. “Zaloty” (Ein Annäherungsversuch). O.r. sign. u. 2003 dat. 60 x 80 cm
Limit 1,500 euro. Frank Peege. 11/28/15
Henryk Siemiradzki (1843 – 1902)
Lot 27. Henryk Siemiradzki 1843 – 1902. GIRL ON A SWING, signed in Latin and dated 97 l.l., oil on paper laid on canvas, 43 by 30cm, 17 by 11 3/4 in.
Provenance: Gift from the artist to Jan Kudrewicz
Thence by descent to the present owners
Estimate 30,000-50,000 GBP. Sothebus. 12/1/15
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