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Adolph Menzel

Wrocław 1815 – 1905 Berlin

Head of an Old Man. 1886

Charcoal, partially washed, on wove paper. 31,2 × 23,5 cm (12 ¼ × 9 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Adolph Menzel. Head of an Old Man. 1886.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 12,000

USD 9,410

 

- 14,100

Sold for:

10,160 EUR (incl. premium)

Winter Auctions 2025

Modern & 19th Century Art, Friday, 28.11.2025

Information

Charcoal, partially washed, on wove paper. 31,2 × 23,5 cm (12 ¼ × 9 ¼ in.). Monogrammed and dated lower left: AM 86. Lower right on the mount signed, inscribed and dated: Adolph Menzel Berlin 19 April 94. Framed

We would like to thank Dr. Claude Keisch, Berlin, for kindly confirming the authenticity of the drawing.

Private Collection, Hesse / Dr. Georg Hirsch (1863-1939), Gera (1926 acquired from Paul Cassirer, Berlin, since then in family ownership)

Auction: Aus dem Nachlass eines Frankfurter Sammlers: 35 Handzeichnungen von Adolph von Menzel, Ludwig Richter und anderen. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 24.3.1926, cat. no. 15, ill. („Kopf eines alten Mannes“)

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