STERL; ROBERT HERMANN
1867 Grossdobritz - 1932 Naundorf

Four Men Dragging a Vessel on the Tow. India ink over pencil drawing on vellum. 17 x 26 cm. Dated and monogrammed lower left: M. 29.5.1912 R. ST. Denoted lower right: 39. Framed.

Verso:
Collection label with inventory no. 32 on the back of the frame.

Provenance:
- Artist's estate;
- Werner Gatzsch; Cologne 1973;
- Company Madaus; Cologne 2001;
- Rhenish private collection.

Exhibitions:
- Robert Sterl (exhibition cat. Chemnitz; Kunsth黷te 1928); Chemnitz 1928; no. 244 (here denoted: ?; Schiffszieher; 1912; Federzeichnung (pen drawing));
- Robert Sterl (1867-1932). Ein Dresdner Maler zwischen Impressionismus und Realismus.
Werke aus Privatbesitz (exhibition cat. Cologne; Dresdner Bank AG; September 2 until September 20; 2002); Cologne 2002; no. 97;
- Robert Sterl. Ein deutscher Impressionist. Werke aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz
(exhibition cat. Heidelberg; Kurpf鋖zisches Museum; October 31; 2010 until February 27; 2011); Heidelberg 2010; no. 144; ill.

This study which has its origin in Moscow presumably belongs to another; not retained version "Schiffszieher an der Wolga" (cf. cat.rais. Popova; no. 913; ca. 1912).Art trade; Van Ham.