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Theodor Franz Zimmermann (1808 – 1880)
Prairie Fire (1849)
oil on canvas
49 × 61.75 inches
signed and dated lower left

A copy of a letter written by Ivan Nusic describing the history of this painting and its provenance will accompany the lot.

PROVENANCE
Mumja Nussbaum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, by 1938
Ivan Nusic, by descent
Private Collection, PA

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Theodor Franz Zimmermann

1808 – 1880

Prairie Fire (1849)
oil on canvas
49 × 61.75 inches
signed and dated lower left
Sold at Auction: $59,500
Condition ReportCanvas has been lined. Surface condition is very good. Craquelure throughout sky, lower-right corner, and on hill in center of painting. Several spots of inpainting at edges of painting, abutting frame. Several spots of inpainting in foreground and in sky. 11”-x-11” spot of inpainting in center of sky.

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