Lot 190
Otto Schoff (1884-1938)
Lady seated in a fur coat, pencil and watercolour, [c.1920]
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Otto Schoff (1884-1938)
Lady seated in a fur coat
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white, image 150 x 130 mm (5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in), under glass, presented in an ornate antique Italian carved gilt wood frame, [circa 1920s]
⁂ Considered a degenerate artist by the Nazis, Schoff was subjected to increasing reprisals from 1935 onwards, and was prohibited from painting and exhibiting. Amongst other subjects, Schoff produced erotic and idyllic works and depictions of carefree male and female homosexuality.
Description
Otto Schoff (1884-1938)
Lady seated in a fur coat
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with white, image 150 x 130 mm (5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in), under glass, presented in an ornate antique Italian carved gilt wood frame, [circa 1920s]
⁂ Considered a degenerate artist by the Nazis, Schoff was subjected to increasing reprisals from 1935 onwards, and was prohibited from painting and exhibiting. Amongst other subjects, Schoff produced erotic and idyllic works and depictions of carefree male and female homosexuality.