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Karl Stauffer-Bern, Knabenportrait Erich Benjamin, 1884/1885, Oil on canvas© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Knabenportrait Erich Benjamin

Karl Stauffer-Bern (Swiss, 1857–1891) · 1884/1885

CHF 26,000 hammer

≈ $28,096≈ £20,308≈ €23,885

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on canvas”
Support
Canvas
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
111,5 x 56,5 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 274: Live Auction - Part 1 (274)
Date
September 16, 2021
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
513
Estimate
CHF 15,000 – — (≈ $16,209) (≈ £11,716) (≈ €13,780)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (7)
  • Collection Max (Moses) Benjamin (1839-1901), Berlin
  • Collection Erich Benjamin (1880-1943), Munich
  • Collection Wohlgemuth, Berlin
  • 1925 following exhibition to Galerie Neupert, Zurich
  • Private collection Schloss Mauensee
  • Schuler Auction, Auction Schloss Mauensee, 9-12.9.1997, cat. no. 4336
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (3)
  • Berlin 1891-1892, National-Galerie
  • Bern 1925, Kunstmuseum, Karl Stauffer-Bern, cat. no. 236 (there with other measurement and titled "Bildnis eines Knaben, der eine Gerte in der rechten Hand hält"
  • Bern 2007, Kunstmuseum, Verfluchter Kerl. Karl Stauffer-Bern. Maler, Radierer, Plastiker, cat. no. 68
Literature (2)
  • Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. II/II, Hofheim 1979, pag. 802, no. 16
  • Carl Brun, Schweizerisches Künstlerlexikon, vol. III, 1913, pag. 226, no. 62.

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