Lot 72: Theodor Baierl (1881-1932) At the Last Judgement,

Theodor Baierl (1881-1932) At the Last Judgement, circa 1918-1920 Pencil Signed lower right 81cm x 63cm Provenance: Bruno Baierl, the artist's son; given in lieu of funds borrowed to J. H. Hopwood 1939-9 By descent in the family until 1998 Living and working in Munich throughout his life, Baierl would have intimately studied the magnificent towering altar pieces by Peter Paul Rubens in the Alte Pinakothek. Ruben's The Last Judgement almost certainly had a profound effect on Baierl and in this extraordinary drawing Baierl depicts figures in an intimate embrace on their journey toward heaven, which mirrors Rubens own vision of called before Christ.

Under glass, discolouring to paper, minor ripples throughout