Sale 7875
London
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26 October 2010
Price realised
GBP 11,250
Estimate
FRANZ-XAVIER BERGMANN (1861-1936) CHERRY, MISTLETOE & ACORN THREE PAIRS OF PANELS, 1901 cold-painted bronze each 18 in. (45.5 cm.) square reverse of each of the leafs on the Acorn panel are stamped GESCHÜTZT (6)
Provenance
Acquired from the Bergmann family.
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Literature
Interieur III, 1901 (the Mistletoe panels illustrated photograph of the interior of Villa Bergmann)
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