Village road
The painting shows a village view. An unpaved village road leads from the centre of the picture to the back right. Two people are depicted on the road, chickens to the left and three people harvesting trees. Behind the tree is a house with a smoking chimney. At the right edge of the picture an arched bridge can be seen, in the background a mountain range under a cloudy sky.
The work is signed and dated "Ed. Lichtenfels / 1909".
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29.02./01.03.1928 Angeboten auf Auktion bei C. J. Wawra, Wien
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O. J. Kunsthandlung Gerstenberger, Chemnitz
Bis Frühjahr 1939 Galerie Almas, München
Ab Frühjahr 1939 Reichsvermögen („Sonderauftrag Linz“)
Ab Mai 1941 Eingang in das Kloster Kremsmünster
Ab Sommer 1943 Eingang in das Bergwerk Alt-Aussee
15.10.1945 Eingang in den Central Collecting Point München
Seit 1949 Bundesvermögen
Kunstverwaltung des Bundes
Herbert-Bayer-Straße 5
13086 Berlin
Germany