Avant-garde still live was executed around 1920s and due to the very close style and composition was attributed to the hand of German painter of Modern Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen ( Hamburg 1886-1930). She was co-founder of the Hamburg Secession. From 1919 she created her main expressionist works.

Provenience: private estate in North Germany.

inscription: on the back of the stretcher - pencil inscription with the artist's name and title: ” DorotheA Mätzel, Stillleben”.

Material: oil on canvas, original period  frame.

Dimensions: w 19 7/8" x h 16" (50,5 x 40,5 cm), framed w 22 5/8" x h 19 3/4" (57,5 x 47,5 cm)40,5 40,5. m, (57,5 x 47,5 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.