"Elk", Willy Lorenz (1901–1981, Cologne)
Oil on canvas. Bears signature lower left "Willy Lorenz / Köln.". Manufacturer's stamp "Viktoria Malleinen" to the canvas reverse; stretcher and frame stamped "Willy Lorenz". Two elk in open terrain with fallen timber and dry vegetation, the bull with palmate antlers to the right, an antlerless animal to the left; foreground and animals impasted, sky and haze thinly and flatly applied. Fine craquelure throughout the painted surface. Surface dirt and isolated dark particle and fibre deposits to the upper third. Chipping to all four corners of the frame. Image size 40.5 × 60 cm, frame 55 × 75 cm. Lorenz was a hunting and animal painter active in Cologne.
Condition: II
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Oil on canvas. Bears signature lower left "Willy Lorenz / Köln.". Manufacturer's stamp "Viktoria Malleinen" to the canvas reverse; stretcher and frame stamped "Willy Lorenz". Two elk in open terrain with fallen timber and dry vegetation, the bull with palmate antlers to the right, an antlerless animal to the left; foreground and animals impasted, sky and haze thinly and flatly applied. Fine craquelure throughout the painted surface. Surface dirt and isolated dark particle and fibre deposits to the upper third. Chipping to all four corners of the frame. Image size 40.5 × 60 cm, frame 55 × 75 cm. Lorenz was a hunting and animal painter active in Cologne.
Condition: II
Reserve
Time, Location
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