Oil on canvas , laid on fiber board. Monogrammed in the lower right. 78 x 23.5 cm. Including the fiberboard 82 x 27 cm.
[AR]. More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag, Wiesbaden, are coming up for auction throughout this year.
- Peiffer Watenphul's Venice works convey a special sense of the morbid atmosphere of Venice's sinking beauty. - In 1946, the artist fled to the lagoon city, eventually, he stayed there until 1956. - Some of his most famous cityscapes were created in Venice. - For the first time on the international auction market.
LITERATURE: Grace Watenphul Pasqualucci, Alessandra Pasqualucci, Max Peiffer Watenphul. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 1: Gemälde - Aquarelle, Cologne 1989, cat. no. G 487 (illustrated).