Null Witte, Curt Prof.
1882 Schlüsselburg/Weser - 1959 Hanover-Buchholz. Studied…

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Witte, Curt Prof. 1882 Schlüsselburg/Weser - 1959 Hanover-Buchholz. Studied at the art academies in Munich and Karlsruhe. Director of the art academy in Kassel. Watercolor. Lively Italian market scene with a view of the watermelon stand and a carabiniere. Signed lower right. Inscribed illegible lower left. 45.5 x 61.5 cm.(62 x 78.5 cm). R. Lit.: 1,11,14.

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Witte, Curt Prof. 1882 Schlüsselburg/Weser - 1959 Hanover-Buchholz. Studied at the art academies in Munich and Karlsruhe. Director of the art academy in Kassel. Watercolor. Lively Italian market scene with a view of the watermelon stand and a carabiniere. Signed lower right. Inscribed illegible lower left. 45.5 x 61.5 cm.(62 x 78.5 cm). R. Lit.: 1,11,14.

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