Gemälde auf Spinnengewebe. Painting on Cobweb. Peinture sure toile d'araignée.
by Unterberger, Franz
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Innsbruck. Cloth. Paper pastedown on buckram. . Fine. Beautiful ethereal painting of Tyrolean boy rendered on material woven from actual cobweb. Exquisite, and scarce, with supposedly fewer than 100 paintings of this type (cobweb) paintings ever done. N.d., circa 1870s. The artwork is about 9 by 5 cm, in a frame, 13 by 10 cm and the outer folder is 15 by 12 cm. Also contained in the small folio is a sample of cobweb material. The painter, Franz Unterberger (1838-1902), was a well-known Austrian painter known for his traditional Tyrolean genre artwork. He retained local artisans to render his image on to the cobweb material.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006765
- Title
- Gemälde auf Spinnengewebe. Painting on Cobweb. Peinture sure toile d'araignée.
- Author
- Unterberger, Franz
- Format/Binding
- Cloth. Paper pastedown on buckram.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Innsbruck
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...