Edvard Frank (Korschenbroich 1909 - 1972 Saarlouis), ,Liegender weiblicher Akt vor einem Fenster, 1946, watercolor on laid paper, signed and dated upper right, on the reverse with the estate stamp, 43 x 61 cm, o. R. Limit 225,- >> 1926-30 studied under Prof. Trümper in Trier a. attended the Werkkunstschule Cologne, studied under R. Seewald Cologne and under C. Hofer a. A. Strübe in Berlin, numerous trips to the Mediterranean, almost only watercolors, rarely oil paintings.

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