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Day 2 - Fine Art & Decorative Furnishings

Sat, Nov 15, 2014 09:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 16, 2014 09:00AM EST
Lot 416

Rudolf Ernst

Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000

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(Austrian, 1854-1932) Tigers Stalking, jungle landscape with two tigers under a baobob tree, signed lower left "R. Ernst", oil on panel with colourman stamp for "Blanchet…Paris", 28-3/8 x 36-1/8 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, panel lacking two battens verso, bitumen draw crackle, small abrasions under right tiger's jaw, crackle, some possible yellowing of varnish, gouge in panel lower right edge possible prior to painting execution; frame with abrasions and minor losses. Provenance: General Charles Miller (1843-1927), Franklin, Pennsylvania, by tradition said to have been purchased from the artist during the Grand Tour; by descent in family

Condition

panel lacking two battens verso, bitumen draw crackle, small abrasions under right tiger's jaw, crackle, some possible yellowing of varnish, gouge in panel lower right edge possible prior to painting execution; frame with abrasions and minor losses

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