ALBERT ANKER (1831 Ins 1910) Interior with bottles and tableware. 1886. Watercolour on paper. Dated lower right: 29 mai 86. 23.3 × 16 cm (sight). Provenance: - Sale, Koller Auctions, Zurich, 16/17.5.1980, Lot 5878. - Important Swiss private collection, acquired at the above auction. Exhibited: - Bern 1931, Albert Anker (1831–1910). Jahrhundertausstellung, Kunstmuseum Bern, 20.6.–23.8.1931, no. 251. - Ins 2000, Albert Anker. Wege zum Werk, Sporthalle Ins, 16.9.–15.10.2000, no. 129 (label on verso). This watercolour is a study for the painting 'Kartoffelschälenden Mädchen' (Girl peeling potatoes), also offered in this auction (see lot 3013).

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