λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH 1912-1977), BUILDINGS AND TREE λ KEITH VAUGHAN (BRITISH 1912-1977)BUILDINGS AND TREE Pencil With studio stamp (verso)9 x 15cm (3½ x 5¾ in.)Provenance:The Artist's EstateThomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London

Walther Witting, Waldinneres knotty, partly sunlit tree with dense foliage, slightly impasto painting with skilful treatment of the light, oil on canvas and mounted on cardboard, dated lower right "21. IX. (19)01" and monogrammed "W. W.", some early colour fading, minor retouches, unframed, dimensions approx. 45.5 x 61 cm. Artist information: also Walter, actually Walther Günther Julian Witting, German painter, graphic artist, author and Painter, graphic artist, author and applied artist (1864 Dresden - 1940 Dresden), pupil of the Dresden Kreuzschule, studied 1883-87 at the Dresden Academy under Leon Pohle and Friedrich Preller the Younger, 1887 discontinued his studies due to illness, 1888-90 under Max Thedy in Weimar, attended the 1890 exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London (honoured with a large silver medal), subsequently moved to the Rhine and worked in Wiesbaden, 1891 in Paris and study trip through France, Belgium and Holland, 1894 stay in Italy and return to Dresden-Blasewitz, 1912 appointed Court Councillor, created numerous works for representative public buildings, including the Reichstag building in Dresden-Blasewitz. including the Reichstag building in Berlin, member of the Allgemeine deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft, the Reichsverband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands and the Dresdner Kunstgenossenschaft, active in Dresden, source: Thieme-Becker, Dressler and Internet.