Lot number 2456 - Auction 146
MORGENNEBEL, 1902

CARLOS CONRAD GRETHE 1864 Montevideo, Uruguay - 1913 Nieuwpoort, Belgium MORNING MIST, 1902 Oil on canvas. 85 x 120 cm (frame: 98 x 132 cm). Signed at the bottom left. Verso: on the canvas "N. 155. 85 x 120. Carlos Grethe. 'Morgennebel'", as well as a label on the stretcher: "Kunsthaus Schaller Stuttgart A2359". The motif of a fisherman in the morning twilight, walking towards the shore with nets in his hands, was repeated twice by the artist. The second painting is housed in the Ernsting Collection in Cologne. Framed. Literature: Illustration on p. 513, "The Painter of the Sea. Carlos Grethe. Life and Work", Ingrun Stocke, 2008. Provenance: Private collection, Düsseldorf.