“Par Force Hunt”, Fritz Möritz (Düsseldorf 1922–1994 Niederzier)
Oil on canvas. Bears a largely illegible signature lower right “Fritz Möritz”. Mounted hunting party with a pack of hounds on a woodland path in an autumnal landscape; a group of tall trees to the right and a light-filled woodland passage beyond. Areas of impasto with pronounced surface relief. Canvas with a localised convex deformation to the upper part of the composition, right of centre. Paint layer in this area with craquelure, lifting paint and small losses. Frame with rubbing and fine cracking to the decorative finish. Image dimensions 70.5 × 90.5 cm, frame dimensions 86 × 106 cm. Möritz was active as a painter in Düsseldorf; hunting and woodland scenes form a repeatedly documented group within his oeuvre.
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Oil on canvas. Bears a largely illegible signature lower right “Fritz Möritz”. Mounted hunting party with a pack of hounds on a woodland path in an autumnal landscape; a group of tall trees to the right and a light-filled woodland passage beyond. Areas of impasto with pronounced surface relief. Canvas with a localised convex deformation to the upper part of the composition, right of centre. Paint layer in this area with craquelure, lifting paint and small losses. Frame with rubbing and fine cracking to the decorative finish. Image dimensions 70.5 × 90.5 cm, frame dimensions 86 × 106 cm. Möritz was active as a painter in Düsseldorf; hunting and woodland scenes form a repeatedly documented group within his oeuvre.
Condition: III -
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