Carlo Böcklin and Arnold Böcklin
Im Spiel Wellen
signed and inscribed 'Gemalt von Carlo Böcklin unter Aufsicht und/mitwirkung seins vaters Arnold Böcklin/im Jahr MCM Rentoillert und restauruent/CMCXXIV San Domenico-Florenz/Carlo Böcklin';
oil on canvas
70½ x 92in. (177.7 x 233.6cm.)
Literature
R. Andre, Arnold Böcklin Munich, 1977, p.448, no.375.
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems Austria - Wasser und Wein 20/5/95-29/19/95. Catalogue no. IX/36 plate no. 38.
Lot Essay
The subject is taken from Arnold Böcklin's ( Carlo's father) largest and perhaps, most renowned painting Im Speol de Wellen of 1883.
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