Paul Müller-Kaempff - Old Bridge in Tenerife - image-1

Lot 1454 Dα

Paul Müller-Kaempff - Old Bridge in Tenerife

Auction 1245 - overview Cologne
16.05.2024, 14:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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Paul Müller-Kaempff

Old Bridge in Tenerife

Oil on panel (parquetted). 80 x 86 cm.
Signed and dated lower left: P. Müller-Kaempff. / 1914.

According to a handwritten inscription on the back of the painting, it depicts the "old bridge at Lago, Laguna" on Tenerife. In 1913, Paul Müller-Kaempff travelled to the Canary Islands. The voyage was linked to a lucrative commission from the Oldenburg-Portuguese shipping company for 24 large-format paintings. The company had acquired the steamship "Tenerife" that year and Müller-Kaempff, who was born in Oldenburg, was to paint views of the eponymous island for the ship's salons. The present work was unknown until the present day.
We would like to thank Dr Konrad Mahlfeld, Magdeburg, for his kind support in cataloguing this lot. He will be including the work as number G 1344 in the forthcoming supplement to his catalogue raisonné of works by the artist.

Provenance

French private collection.