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Edward Theodore Compton

Lot 132
Gletscherplateau, 1909
Oil on canvas

44.1 x 75.6 in (112.0 x 192.0 cm)

Lot 132
Gletscherplateau, 1909
Oil on canvas
44.1 x 75.6 in (112.0 x 192.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
Auction: 22 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 562
Auction name: 19th Century Art

Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Various handwritten numbers and inscriptions verso on the stretcher, and with a label. 112 x 192 cm.

• Spectacular glacier panorama with an atmospheric appeal.
• Picturesque and highly varied execution in nuanced colors, loose brushstrokes and fine glazes.
• Compton, the enthusiastic mountaineer of the early days of alpinism, is considered the leading mountain painter.
LITERATURE: Jürgen and Sibylle Brandes, Edward Theodore Compton. Maler und Bergsteiger, Munich 2007, p. 312 (with deviating dimensions). - - Sotheby's, London, auction on March 25, 1981, lot 243 (illustrated).
Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 1983, family-owned ever since)
Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Various handwritten numbers and inscriptions verso on the stretcher, and with a label. 112 x 192 cm.

• Spectacular glacier panorama with an atmospheric appeal.
• Picturesque and highly varied execution in nuanced colors, loose brushstrokes and fine glazes.
• Compton, the enthusiastic mountaineer of the early days of alpinism, is considered the leading mountain painter.
LITERATURE: Jürgen and Sibylle Brandes, Edward Theodore Compton. Maler und Bergsteiger, Munich 2007, p. 312 (with deviating dimensions). - - Sotheby's, London, auction on March 25, 1981, lot 243 (illustrated).
Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 1983, family-owned ever since)

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