26th Feb, 2025 11:00

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  Lot 25
 
Lot 25 - Johann Moritz Rugendas (German 1802-1858)...
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Johann Moritz Rugendas (German 1802-1858)
Portrait of a gentleman (possibly a self-portrait)
pencil on English paper (Ruse & Turners 1834 watermark)
Stamped 'Veraussert' and dated 1928, inscribed '17429' 'K.Bayrisches Hanszeichnungs-Cabinet'
26.5 x 21 cm, hinged onto a card mount 30 x 24 cm

Provenance:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, by whom de-accessioned in the sale of 600 Rugendas drawings to J. Walsh Rodrigues in 1928.
Purchased by A.A.F. Haigh (Secretary to the British Embassy in Brazil) from A.Hindeisery, Sao Paulo 22 August 1935, thence by descent.

Sold for £1,100


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Condition Report

Hinged to mount with tape along upper edge, verso. Sheet discoloured with age. Some spots of surface dirt and foxing scattered throughout. Some soft handling creases and a very small crease to lower left corner. The work is unframed.

 

Johann Moritz Rugendas (German 1802-1858)
Portrait of a gentleman (possibly a self-portrait)
pencil on English paper (Ruse & Turners 1834 watermark)
Stamped 'Veraussert' and dated 1928, inscribed '17429' 'K.Bayrisches Hanszeichnungs-Cabinet'
26.5 x 21 cm, hinged onto a card mount 30 x 24 cm

Provenance

Provenance:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, by whom de-accessioned in the sale of 600 Rugendas drawings to J. Walsh Rodrigues in 1928.
Purchased by A.A.F. Haigh (Secretary to the British Embassy in Brazil) from A.Hindeisery, Sao Paulo 22 August 1935, thence by descent.

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