Lot No. 194


Josef Danhauser


(Vienna 1805-1845) The suckling bitch, c. 1844, pencil, on laid paper, 23,7 x 29,7 cm, browned (mat burn), mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
the collector’s mark Dr. Alfred Ritter von Wurzbach-Tanneberg (Lugt 2587) on the reverse; two adhesive labels numbered 614 (recto) and 14 (verso) on the mount.

Literature: Sabine Grabner, Der Maler Josef Danhauser. Biedermeierzeit im Bild - Monografie und Werksverzeichnis, Vienna 2011, WV-Nr.228, WV-Nr.398.

The present drawing is related to the etching "Die säugende Hündin" (The Suckling Bitch) (WV-Nr. 398) of 1844. Already in 1838 Danhauser had been occupied with the same motif in a painting with the title "Der betrogene Pinsch" (The Cheated Pinsch) (WV-Nr. 228). The sheet may have been a preliminary drawing for the etching or a detail study for the painting.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

28.04.2014 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 900.- to EUR 1,200.-

Josef Danhauser


(Vienna 1805-1845) The suckling bitch, c. 1844, pencil, on laid paper, 23,7 x 29,7 cm, browned (mat burn), mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
the collector’s mark Dr. Alfred Ritter von Wurzbach-Tanneberg (Lugt 2587) on the reverse; two adhesive labels numbered 614 (recto) and 14 (verso) on the mount.

Literature: Sabine Grabner, Der Maler Josef Danhauser. Biedermeierzeit im Bild - Monografie und Werksverzeichnis, Vienna 2011, WV-Nr.228, WV-Nr.398.

The present drawing is related to the etching "Die säugende Hündin" (The Suckling Bitch) (WV-Nr. 398) of 1844. Already in 1838 Danhauser had been occupied with the same motif in a painting with the title "Der betrogene Pinsch" (The Cheated Pinsch) (WV-Nr. 228). The sheet may have been a preliminary drawing for the etching or a detail study for the painting.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 28.04.2014 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 18.04. - 28.04.2014