Wilhelm Schmid - Holzschuh - image-1

Lot 494 D

Wilhelm Schmid - Holzschuh

Auction 1070 - overview Cologne
03.06.2016, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 3.100 € (incl. premium)

Wilhelm Schmid

Holzschuh
1920

Oil on thick artist's board 34.6 x 26.8 cm Framed. Centrally signed 'W+ SCHMID+' below the motif. - Minor rubbing to margins due to framing, small bulge to upper right due to bump verso.

The Swiss artist Wilhelm Schmid worked as an architect and painter and - after immigrating to Berlin in 1912 - was one of the cofounders of the "Novembergruppe". His paintings are associated with New Objectivity.

Provenance

Formerly collection of the architect and painter Franz Bi (1899-1968); Family possession since, South Germany