978 - Martin Wirth, "Zell am See, Auf dem Weg zur Schmittenhöhe", chalet before an Alpine panorama, 1991

Martin Wirth, "Zell am See, Auf dem Weg zur Schmittenhöhe", chalet before an Alpine panorama, 1991 (1939 – 2017 Ilsenburg), watercolour on card, signed and dated (19)91 lower right, titled verso "Zell am See", "Auf dem Weg zur Schmittenhöhe", large house in Alpine style with white masonry ground floor, dark wooden upper storeys and balconies, in front two figures on the path, one large and one small, alpine meadow with yellow flowers and spruces, behind wooded ridges and cloud-covered high mountain peaks, good condition commensurate with age, partly stained, image 36x48 cm (HxW) The Schmittenhöhe rises to 1,965 m west of Zell am See in the Pinzgau and belongs to the Kitzbühel Alps. From its summit the view extends over more than 30 peaks above 3,000 metres, among them the Grossglockner, Kitzsteinhorn and Grossvenediger. The Schmittenhöhebahn began operating on 31 December 1927 as the first cable car in the state of Salzburg, and at the top stands the Elisabethkapelle, built in 1904/05. Several Alpine views by the Harz painter Martin Wirth were made circa 1990 on journeys to the Salzburger Land and Carinthia.