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Lot Description

Hermann Bartels

(German, 1928-1989)

Uberspannung Weiss

, 1966

oil on canvas

signed Hermann Bartels and dated (verso)

30 x 41 1/2 inches.

Property from the Collection of Mark and Patricia McGrath, Chicago, Illinois

Provenance:
De Rijk Fine Art, The Hauge, Netherlands
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010

Exhibited:
Hagen, Germany, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, 12. Ausstellung des Westdeutschen Künstlerbundes, June 5-July 6, 1966

Condition Report

There is slight surface dust with the highest concentration in the folds; a stray dark horizontal mark in the lower right corner; a dark surface scuff in the lower left quadrant; scattered surface dirt and finger print smudging around the edges and at the corners; a stray dark mark o the rightmost fold towards the upper edge; cracking with minor paint loss in the extreme upper and lower right corners; otherwise this work appears to be in overall basic good and stable condition; this work is unframed.

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