Lot 85: CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH (GREIFSWALD 1774-1840 DRESDEN) A Gothic brick building and two

CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH (GREIFSWALD 1774-1840 DRESDEN) A Gothic brick building and two studies of trees inscribed ‘den 18t Aprill/ 1809/ Greifswald’ and ‘Breesen/ den 14t Juni/ 1809’ and ‘den 14t Juni’ and with number ’37.’ (recto) and with illegible trimmed inscription (verso) graphite, grey and brown wash 12 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (30.9 x 25.2 cm)

PROVENANCE: Johan Christian Dahl (1788-1854) (with his inscription ‘Caspar David Friedrich/ + zu Dresden d 7 May 1840.’). The estate sale of Karl Heinrich Beichling [date and place unknown], where apparently acquired by Dr. C. Jessen (according to Dr. Heinrich Becker's inventory). Bethel Institution, Bethel (near Bielefeld) from whom acquired in 1936 by Dr. Heinrich Becker (1881-1972), (according to Dr. Heinrich Becker's inventory), and by descent to the present owners.