Asta: 359 / Rare Books including Marine Art del 16/17. novembre 2009 ad Amburgo Lot 1721

John Henry Mohrmann - Hamburger Dampfsegler "Rhodos" auf Fahrt in die Türkei


1721
John Henry Mohrmann
Hamburger Dampfsegler "Rhodos" auf Fahrt in die Türkei, 1909.
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Hamburger Dampfsegler "Rhodos" auf Fahrt in die Türkei. 1909.
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right. 60 x 100 cm (23,6 x 39,3 in)
Freight steamer of the "Deutsche Levante-Linie", Hamburg (Hapag) with the flag "DLL" on mast and smoke pipe. The Turkish flag on foremast, the German on stern.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Rostock..

Representative captain's picture by the hand of the popular ship portraitist, born in America, he sailed the seas from an early age on and resided in Antwerp in 1884. With the details typical of Mohrmann, he depicts the steamer in nice weather in front of a distant coast line.[UB]

Restored and with some retouchings, three padded spots. Rubbed spots in outer margins due to the framing. Frame.



1721
John Henry Mohrmann
Hamburger Dampfsegler "Rhodos" auf Fahrt in die Türkei, 1909.
Olio su tela
Stima:
€ 3,500 / $ 3,745
Risultato:
€ 5,160 / $ 5,521

( commissione inclusa)