Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction - Online 23-25 Aug 2021
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AUSTRIA. Anton Scharff. Silver Plaque Klippe. Carnival Festival at the Vienna Arthouse, 1897. UNCIRCULATED.
38x38mm; 18.81 gms. Wurzbach-9418; Hauser-4849. Obverse: Painter, smoking cigarette and holding palette and paintbrush, riding bicycle left while canvas rests before handles and female personification of the Arts stands to right; Reverse: Coat-of-arms featuring nude figure sitting atop jester's cap while bearing a bicycle upon back; fish and grasshopper below. Edge: [two hallmarks] to lower right. Deep gray surfaces and a charming matte nature accentuate this rather interesting and whimsical design. Holed at the top as made.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
38x38mm; 18.81 gms. Wurzbach-9418; Hauser-4849. Obverse: Painter, smoking cigarette and holding palette and paintbrush, riding bicycle left while canvas rests before handles and female personification of the Arts stands to right; Reverse: Coat-of-arms featuring nude figure sitting atop jester's cap while bearing a bicycle upon back; fish and grasshopper below. Edge: [two hallmarks] to lower right. Deep gray surfaces and a charming matte nature accentuate this rather interesting and whimsical design. Holed at the top as made.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Ex: Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 63 (9/2012) Lot # 2871.
Estimate: $100 - $200