Lot: 9460
Date of sale: 1. Sat Apr 2023
Willis, Thomas H. 1845 Denmark - 1925 New York. Attributed. Captain's portrait of the screw
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Willis, Thomas H. 1845 Denmark – 1925 New York. Attributed. Captain’s portrait of the screw steamer Minister Maybach. Circa 1890. oil, silk embroidery and silk fabric/canvas, unsigned, inscribed lower left SS Minister Maybach Geestemünde Capt. H. Bünger, 51.5 x 81.5 cm, faint scratch lower right, framed behind glass 68 x 98.5 cm, unopened.- Willis is famous for his partly silk marine pieces: The sails are executed in silk fabric and stand out vividly from the painting ground, flags, superstructures, figure staffage and also the spray at the bow and stern are executed in fine side embroidery.- The Minister Maybach was launched in 1887 for the shipping company Wilhelm A. Riedemann, Schütte & Sohn Geestermünde. In 1890, she transported petroleum between America and Germany for the German-American Petroleum Company. In March 1899, she sank during a storm en route from New York to Antwerp.
Category: Fine art
