Sale 6168
London
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7 October 1999
Price realised
GBP 62,000
Estimate
Alfons Walde (1891-1958) Tiroler Bergdorf signed 'A. Walde' (lower left); signed again, titled and dated 'Tyroler Bergdorf 1947 A. Walde' (on the Artist's label attached to the reverse) oil on board, in the artist's original frame 15.3/8 x 11in. (39 x 29.2cm.) Painted in 1947
Provenance
Purchased by the present owner's family directly from the artist in the 1940s.
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Literature
G. Ammann, Alfons Walde: 1891-1958, Vienna, 1993, p. 205
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