01-23-201501-24-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2779BBoston
January 23, 2015 04:00 PMCalender
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Walter Koeniger (American, 1881-1943) Wintery Stream

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$7,380$6,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2779BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 23, 2015 4:00PM

Description:

Walter Koeniger (American, 1881-1943)

Wintery Stream
Signed and dated "W. KOENIGER. 27" l.l., identified on a presentation plaque,
titled and inscribed "...Woodstock's brook N.Y." in pencil on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 30 in. (64.0 x 76.2 cm),in a signed Carrig-Rohane frame.
Condition: Surface grime, several areas of retouch to evergreens, craquelure.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Retouch to everygreens on the left consisits of an area measuring about 1-1/2 inches across. Craquelure to areas of heaviest impasto in the snowy bank in the middle ground and also in the sky between the trees in the background. Craquelure appears stable. There is an accretion of a white foreign substance located center left.

Carrig-Rohane framed dated 1928, with some losses to the surface on the part that hangs closest to the wall. Otherwise in good period condition.


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Keywords

Walter Koeniger, Wintery Stream