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1324 - Carl Spitzweg
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Carl Spitzweg Two sketchbooks containing studies of flowers Pencil. Each drawing bearing the Spitzweg stamp. Provenance From an extensive private German collection. The smaller sketchbook contains 9 botanical drawings. With the exception of a grape cluster, these are exclusively native flowering plants such as violets, carnations, honeysuckle and thistles. The second, slightly larger sketchbook contains 12 drawings, including various varieties of rose, a tulip, phlox and a nasturtium tendril. In these two sketchbooks. Carl Spitzweg demonstrates another side to his artistic output, namely a sober and precise talent for observation that follows in the tradition of botanical illustrations.
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