A CONTINENTAL RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, 'KISS OF THE WAVE'
A CONTINENTAL RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, 'KISS OF THE WAVE'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, DEFACED MARKS, SIGNED A. SCHERTZ

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A CONTINENTAL RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, 'KISS OF THE WAVE'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, DEFACED MARKS, SIGNED A. SCHERTZ
Painted after G. Wertheimer with a shipwrecked sailor being kissed by an alluring siren in a storm-tossed sea
10 x 12 5/8 in. (25.4 x 32 cm.), within a giltwood frame

Lot Essay

Gustav Wertheimer, Austrian (1847-1902) is noted as a painter in the Romantic style.

By tradition this plaque was defaced during World War II. Berlin (K.P.M.) plaques painted by A. Schertz are extant.

Cf. Christie's New York, 27 October 1998, lot 30; 24 April 2002, lot 294 and 25 October 2007, lot 517, for Berlin (K.P.M.) examples of this subject.

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