Limmat in Zürich mit den alten Mühlen

1932

not on display

Hedwig Charlotte Wörnle1884 Winterthur – 1939 Zürich

View from the balcony of the former 'Hotel Goldenes Schwert', down the Limmat to the Urania or Rudolf Brun Bridge and the former mills at Oberen Mühlesteig (Nos. 2-10, demolished in 1943 and 1950 respectively). The ship is the legendary 'Moguntia' of the engineer Wilhelm Reitz, which burnt in July 1936 during a test run on Lake Zurich (communications Roman Schönauer).In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 52.5 x 40 cm

Inventory number

1952/0037

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by A. Fenner of the artistʼs Estate, 1952

Signature

inscr. b. r.: H. Wörnle

Inscriptions

Accession year

1952

Provenance

Hedwig Charlotte Wörnle (*1884 Winterthur, +1939 Zürich) (Künstler/-in)
7.8.1939 – 1952, Nachlass Hedwig Charlotte WörnleSitzungsprotokoll der Sammlungskommission, 14.11.1952 IV.e, Archiv ZKG/KHZ, 10.30.10.42a.
ab 1952, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, GeschenkWie oben Fussnote 2.

Provenance category

not looted art

About the provenance

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Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 377.

Object type

painting

Classification

D 1[1] art 20th century CHE

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