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19th & 20th Century Paintings
Thursday, 4 December 2025

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Adolph von Menzel, 1815 Breslau – 1905 Berlin

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Adolph von Menzel,
1815 Breslau – 1905 Berlin

SOLL ICH ÖFFNEN?, 1867Aquarell, Körperfarbe, Gummi Arabicum auf Papier.
29,2 x 22,8 cm.
Links oben signiert und datiert „Ad: Menzel Berl:67“.
Gerahmt.

Catalogue price € 100.000 - 150.000 Catalogue price € 100.000 - 150.000 (†)  $ 117,000 - 175,500
£ 87,000 - 130,500
元 823,000 - 1,234,500
₽ 8,977,000 - 13,465,500

 

Frau Ursula Riemann-Reyher ist das Werk bekannt.

Ein älterer Mann in Tracht des 16. Jahrhunderts, einen Schmuckkasten haltend.

Provenienz:
Adolph Menzel.
Eugen Possart (erworben vom Künstler, 2. März 1871).
Privatsammlung England.

Ausstellungen:
Palais des Champs-Elysées, Salon, Paris 1868, Kat.Nr. 3119 (as „Dois-je ouvrir“).
Künstlergenossenschaft, Wien 1870 (Kat.Nr. unbekannt). (14605122) (12)


Adolph von Menzel, 
1815 Breslau – 1905 Berlin

SOLL ICH ÖFFNEN?, 1867

Watercolour, body colour, gum Arabic on paper.
29.2 x 22.8 cm.
Signed and dated “Ad: Menzel Berl:67” top left.

The work is known to Mrs. Ursula Riemann-Reyher.

An elderly man in 16th-Century costume holding a jewel casket.

Provenance:
Adolph Menzel.
Eugen Possart (acquired from the artist on 2 March 1871).
Private collection, England.

Exhibitions:
Salon, Palais des Champs-Elysées Paris 1868, cat. no. 3119 (as “Dois-je ouvrir”).

This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.

 

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