Lot 837
Franz Ferdinand Goethe, (1851-?)'Feuerzauber' A young naked female crouching before a lit stove,...
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Lot 837
Franz Ferdinand Goethe, (1851-?)'Feuerzauber' A young naked female crouching before a lit stove,...
Lot 837
Lot Description
Franz Ferdinand Goethe, (1851-?)
'Feuerzauber'
A young naked female crouching before a lit stove, beside a settee
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1911 upper right
Inscribed 'Franz Goethe Berlin' to the canvas verso, with exhibition label printed 'Grosse Berliner Kunst-Ausstellung 1911'
30.25" x 36.25", (77cm x 92cm)
In moulded gilt frame
Franz Ferdinand Goethe was born in 1851 in Bladian, Eastern Prussia. He served as an Assistant Professor ("Hilfslehrer") at the Königliche Kunstschule (Royal Art School) Berlin, from 1881-1890. Goethe is believed to have exhibited works in the period 1893-1912 at The Grosse Berliner Kunst-Ausstellung (Berlin International Art Exhibition). According to the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, this work was exhibited in 1911, as per the label. "Feuerzauber" roughly translates as 'Magic Fire'.
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
Canvas good. Frame has damage with losses to plaster gilding.
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