STERL; ROBERT HERMANN
1867 Grossdobritz - 1932 Naundorf

Astrakhan. Oil on cardboard. Laid down on plywood. 23 x 30;5cm. Inscribed lower left: R. St. 1910. Framed.

Verso:
Labels and numbers; among others with estate no. A81.

Literature:
- Mentioned and illustrated in: Popova; Kristina: Robert Sterl; cat.rais. of the paintings and oil scetches; Dresden 2011; no. 818;
- Mentioned and illustrated in: Zimmermann; Horst: Robert Sterl; cat.rais. of the paintings and oil scetches; Rostock 1976; no. 712.


Provenance:
- 2001 from the company Madaus; Cologne;
- 1973 Werner Gatzsch; Cologne;
- from the estate of Robert Sterl.

Exhibitions:
- 1917 Berlin; cat.no. 183;
- 1928 Chemnitz; cat.no. 93 (Astrachan II);
- 1991 Cologne; cat.no. 30 (Russische Stadt an der Wolga);
- 1997 Dresden; w/o cat.no. (Russische Stadt an der Wolga);
- 2002 Cologne; cat.no. 84 (Ansicht von Astrachan mit Booten im Hafen);
- 2010/11 Heidelberg; cat.no. 128 (Ansicht von Astrachan mit Booten im Hafen).

Astrakhan was the most southern town which Sterl reached during his journeys to the Volga; fascinated by the size of the harbour and the foreign flair views of the harbour emerged on all three journeys; ca. collection Madaus no. 38; 39 48 and 152.Art trade; Van Ham.