13th Nov, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST
Eduard Sack (1857-1913)
"The Sheik's Daughter"
Signed, inscribed on an exhibition label verso, oil on panel, 40cm by 50cm
The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition in 1909, loaned by Mrs George McCulloch, London
The artist exhibited at the Academie de Berlin and was a pupil of Kaspar Kogler and Ferdinand Keller. He was born in Boppard and died in Hamburg
Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000
Glazed. Original frame. In an overall good state of preservation, some sporadic or isolated areas of fine stable cracquelure. Minor horizontal abrasion along lower edge potentially contemporary to execution. Pinhole below the letter c of the signature, less than 0.5cm from the lower edge. Some of the varnish? discolouring or deteriorating in the respect of slightly incongruous patch of grey coloured area within the lower right reaches of the fur and to a lesser extent some of the shadowing around the semi-nudes shoulder, breast and her left hand. Not examined out of the frame.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 13th Nov, 2021
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