LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Watercolor over pencil on paper

Measurements:

10.98 in. (27.90 cm.) (height) by 7.87 in. (20.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

l.r. monogrammed. Titled 'Rousseau. in lower center, presumably by the artist

Exhibited:

Ausstellung von Werken Adolph von Menzels, Königliche National-Galerie, Berlin 1905, cat. no. 269

Provenance:

Carl Ludwig Kuhtz, Berlin. Secretary of the 'Verein der Kunstfreunde in Preußen', Berlin (from 1856). Galerie Kuhtz, Berlin, Ölgemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, estate auction at Rudolph Lepke Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, auction on February 15, 1898, no. 46 (with illu. on p. 35). Collection Marcus Kappel, Berlin (acoding to Tschudi in 1905). Private collection Europe (since 1920, descendants of aforementioend). Private collection New York. Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York. Private collection New York (acquired from aforementioned on February 4, 1998 , copy of invoice included)