BARTOLD ASENDORPF

BARTOLD ASENDORPF
(Stettin 1888–1946 Buchenwald)Der Rückzug von Metz (The retreat from Metz). 1933.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated lower right: Bartold Asendorpf 1933.77.9 × 96.7 cm.Provenance:
- Estate of the artist.
- With Galerie Palette, Schweinfurt.
- Private collection, Switzerland, acquired at the above gallery on 26.5.1986, and by descent to the current owners.

Exhibited:
Kiel 1986, Bartold Asendorpf, Stiftung Pommern Rantzaubau des Kieler Schlosses, 6.6.–5.8.1986, no. 14.

Literature:
Weltkunst, 1.5.1986, book 9, p. 1282 (ill.).

The work is overall in very good condition. With fine impasto. The canvas is unlined. With scattered minimal craquelure. No retouching visible under UV light. Framed.