Koester, Alexander (attr.)

Description:

Bergneustadt (Köln) 1864 - München 1932
71 x 87 cm, o.R.
Eleven white ducks at lakeshore. Oil/canvas, relined.
Old Berlin family property. According to a label on the reverse, the painting has been cut out of its frame in 1945 before the Red Army marched into Berlin. Lit.: Cf. the similar variants in Ruth Stein/Hans Koester, Alexander Koester 1864-1932, Leben und Werk, Recklinghausen 1988, nos. 856, 883, 884 and 886.