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Lot 61: Carl Kahler (1855-1906), Portrait of a Cat, Oil, late 19th C.

Est: €3,000 EUR - €6,000 EURSold:
Auctionata Paddle8 AGBerlin, GermanyNovember 30, 2015

Item Overview

Description

Oil on canvas
USA/Germany, late 19th century
Carl Kahler (1855-1906) – Austrian animal and genre painter
Signed ‘Carl Kahler’ lower left
Dimensions: 76.5 x 63.8 cm
In a gold-brown painted wooden frame with floral ornamental stucco work, dimensions: 94.5 x 81.5 cm
Very good condition
Carl Kahler is possibly the most famous cat portraitist, his monumental painting (177.8 x 258.4 cm) of 42 cats recently sold for a record price of €750.000
Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU.
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 6,000 Euro

The Austrian genre and animal painter Carl Kahler portrayed 42 cats of the millionaires Kate Birdsall Johnson in San Francisco in 1891. At the time, she was the owner of the world’s possibly most expensive cat named ‘Sultan’ worth 3.000 US dollar, who appears centrally in Kahler’s painting. Whether the similarity to the cat in our painting is accidental remains the decision of the observer. Kahler had never painted a single cat until he received the commission for this colossal painting. Within a period of three years he made several studies of every cat.

Condition:
The painting is next to slight framing marks, a running varnish spot to the left of the cat and two mends on the reverse in very good condition. The frame has partial chips and is over painted in some areas. The stretcher measures 76.5 x 63.8 cm and the dimensions of the frame are 94.5 x 81.5 cm. (tm)

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Auction Details

367: Austrian Art: 19th Century & Modernism

by
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
November 30, 2015, 02:00 PM CET

Havelstudios Havelchaussee 161, Berlin, Berlin, 14055, DE

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