Rudolf von Alt, Blick über die Felder auf Wadowice, 1839

Rudolf von Alt 1812 Wien-1905 Wien

View over the Fields towards Wadowice, 1839

Watercolour on paper

12 x 18 cm

Signed lower center: "R. Alt"; inscribed and dated lower left: "Wadowice August 10, 1839"

Provenance

Albert Pollak Collection (1878-1943), Vienna; confiscation of his collection by the Gestapo in 1938; seizure and storage of the collection in the depot of the Central Office for the Protection of Monuments in 1939; confiscation of all assets by the Gestapo in 1940; transfer to the Joanneum, Graz, free of charge in 1942 (Inv. No. II/1844); restitution to the legal successors of Albert Pollak on 13 April 1951 - remained in the museum; restitution to the legal successors of Albert Pollak on 12 October 2021; Dorotheum, Vienna (20 April 2022, lot no. 230)

Exhibitions

Rudolf von Alt 1812–1905. Die schönsten Aquarelle aus acht Jahrzehnten seines Schaffens, Albertina, Vienna, 1984

Literature

Walter Koschatzky, Rudolf von Alt 1812-1905, Salzburg 1975, p. 266, WVZ no. 39/23; Exhibit.-cat. Rudolf von Alt 1812-1905. Die schönsten Aquarelle aus acht Jahrzehnten seines Schaffens, 294th exhibition of the Albertina, Vienna 1984, p. 57

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