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June 20, 2016

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LOT 4

Lot 4

Franz Lefler (1831-1898)

Franz Lefler (1831-1898)
Lot 4 Details
Franz Lefler (1831-1898), Czech/Austrian

MAIDEN PLAYING CHESS WITH PUTTI

Oil on canvas; signed lower right
37" x 98.5" — 94 x 250.2 cm.

Estimate $15,000-$25,000

Realised: $17,100
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Franz Lefler (1831-1898)
  • Franz Lefler (1831-1898)
  • Franz Lefler (1831-1898)
  • Franz Lefler (1831-1898)
Provenance:

Property of Miss Fraulein Frieda Nekermann (Eigentum des Fraulein Frieda Nekermann) to the typed label on a piece of the backboard verso;
Collection, Canada purchased at auction in Philadelphia, PA, USA, circa 1996

Note:

After Lefler’s studies at the Academies of Fine Arts in Vienna and Prague, he settled in Vienna in 1858. He mainly painted allegories, portraits of children, genre and history paintings, ceiling and wall murals, and theater curtains.

CONDITION DETAILS

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