STERL; ROBERT HERMANN
1867 Grossdobritz - 1932 Naundorf

Boats in front of a Ship on the Volga near Astrakhan. Coloured chalk on vellum. 22;2 x 28;1cm. Inscribed lower left: R. St. Astrachan 1914. Labelled lower right: A. Framed.

Verso:
- a pencil drawing on the sheet
- on the back of the frame label and number

Provenance:
- 2001 from the company Madaus; Cologne
- 1973 from Werner Gatzsch; Cologne
- from the estate of Robert Sterl

Exhibitions:
- 2002 Cologne; cat.no. 105
- Frankfurt/Main; cat.no. 65; ill.
- 2010/11 Heidelberg; cat.no. 132; ill.

Drawings: Robert-Sterl-Haus Naundorf; Z 70 Astrachan 1914 (ill. Kardinar 1991; no. 16)

Fleeting coloured sketches; presumably drawn aboard a ship and thus particularly animate in their appearance.Art trade; Van Ham.