Valuable pictures by foreign and American masters . No. 143PARROTS BY PROF. RUDOLF SCHRAMM-ZITTAU 1(1° Prof. Rudolf Schraniin-Zittau Geemax: 1874—143—PARROTS Height, 21% inches; length, 31J4 inches Half a dozen parrots, apparently part of the popula-tion of a large open-air cage at a zoological garden,are depicted in a bright light in various attitudes. Apink one and a white one with pink head are seatedside by side at the end of a perch, looking down withthe unblinking dignity of owls, and below them is seenthe red head of a Punch and Judy sort of a parrot,looking scornfully wicked. On neighb
Valuable pictures by foreign and American masters . No. 143PARROTS BY PROF. RUDOLF SCHRAMM-ZITTAU 1(1° Prof. Rudolf Schraniin-Zittau Geemax: 1874—143—PARROTS Height, 21% inches; length, 31J4 inches Half a dozen parrots, apparently part of the popula-tion of a large open-air cage at a zoological garden,are depicted in a bright light in various attitudes. Apink one and a white one with pink head are seatedside by side at the end of a perch, looking down withthe unblinking dignity of owls, and below them is seenthe red head of a Punch and Judy sort of a parrot,looking scornfully wicked. On neighboring perchesthree white birds with yellow crests appear, alert whileat rest, and all are seen against a background of palegreen of neutral quality. Signed at the upper right, Rudolf at the Verein Biidender Kilnstler, Munich, No. 144AT THE SPRIXG BY ARNOLD BOCKLIN 3-t ** Arnold Bbcklin Swiss: 1827—1901144—A T THE SPRING Height, 21 inches; length, 30% inches A golden-haired young woman is cooling herself in astream that is fed by a trickling rill, which comesdown a steep wall of gray rock to join it. She standsankle-deep in the water, nude, with figure turnedslightly toward the right and face seen in profile. Hergolden hair is done high on her head, and she leanswith one hand against the rocky wall and extends theother to catch the falling water of the rill. At thewaters edge are lying a white drapery, a red cloak, asword, breastplate and shield, and a helmet with red,blue and white plumes. A tree in blossom rises behindher against the dark rock wall, both tree and wallmounting out of the picture, while at the left in thebackground are pale blue-green willows and other trees,blue water of the stream, and white wild flowers grow-ing in deep green grass. Signed at the lower left, A. B. Painted in 1879. Sh
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