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Lot 180: PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PABST BREWING COMPANY ERNST BERGER 1857-1919 DEDICATION OF THE

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJune 22, 2005

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PABST BREWING COMPANY ERNST BERGER 1857-1919 DEDICATION OF THE FOUNTAIN

signed and dated Ernst Berger 1892 lower right

oil on canvas

CATALOGUE NOTE

This large painting depicts the dedication ceremony of the fountain at the Doge's Palace in Venice in 1537. According to a photograph in the archives of the Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this work hung in the main dining hall of the Pabst Harlem Restaurant in New York City. The restaurant, which opened in 1900, was at the time the largest in New York City.

Dimensions

96 by 200 in.<br><br>244 by 508 cm.

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

Arcade Fine Arts

by
Sotheby's
June 22, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US