WILHELM LEIBL (1844–1900)
Study of a skull
About the artwork
Study of a skull is an artwork by WILHELM LEIBL, dated ca. 1868. The work is executed in Oil on canvas. Its recorded dimensions are 34.4 x 31.4 cm 13 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.. View the artwork and contact Colnaghi for further information.
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Provenance
Johann Sperl (1840-1914), Munich;
Karl Zitzmann (1871-1956);
His sale, Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt am Main, 16 November 1926, lot 12 [repr. table 5];
With Galerie Heinemann, Munich, with the Gallery's labels on the back, until at least 10 May 1929;
Georg Schäfer (1896-1975) Schweinfurt (with Inventory number 0123 on the back);
Private collection, southern Germany.
Literature
E. Waldmann, Wilhelm Leibl. Eine Darstellung seiner Kunst. Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Gemälde, 2. Berlin 1930, Cat. no. 81.
Exhibitions / Fairs
Wilhelm Leibl. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Radierungen (Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, and Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, Cologne-Berlin: 1929), p. 43, Cat. no. 29a.
Vor hundert Jahren: Dänemark und Deutschland 1846-1900. Gegner und Nachbarn. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Kunstmuseum Århus, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1981). p. 372, cat. no. 144 D.
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