Live Auction 115919th Century European & Orientalist Art
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865-1926)
Lot 68 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION FROM A SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSE

Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865-1926)

A Lion

Closed26 November 2013

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GBP 122,500

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Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865-1926)
A Lion
signed, inscribed and dated 'Wilh. Kuhnert/Berlin/1922' (lower left); and further signed and inscribed 'Wilhelm Kuhnert/Berlin/Löwen' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
42½ x 67¼ in. (108 x 170.8 cm.)

with The Tryon Gallery, London.

Specialist note

'No one painted African animals like Wilhelm Kuhnert. It is an opinion that is widely shared among Africa's professional hunters, men who know the animals individually and fondly and who have little tolerance for misrepresentations' (T. Wieland, Wildlife Art News, July/August 1991, p. 46).