Neal Auction 2012

W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com 101 432. A North Italian/Austrian Neoclassical Burled Walnut and Inlaid Cabinet Desk , late 18th/early 19th c., upper case with a stepped plinth fitted with a drawer, above a door enclosing small drawers, four serpentine drawers on each side and two center drawers; lower case with fall front writing surface and fitted drawers flanked by short drawers, three serpentine long drawers below, bun feet, the whole with dragon inlay, ebony and light wood banded panels, height 84 in., width 22 in., depth 50 in. $4000/6000 433. Adolf Schreyer (German, 1828-1899) , “Cossack and Sleigh”, oil on canvas, monogrammed lower right, Deforge & Carpentier/ Paris stencil en verso of canvas, old handwritten labels en verso including one in English stating “...this picture was left for Mr. Harold Winter in my husband’s estate, as his father died to whom this picture was promised./ Mary Schreyer née Andreas/ May 28, 1912” and the other in German stating same, 10 3/4 in. x 19 in., in a giltwood frame. $3000/5000 Provenance: Estate of Artist to Harold Winter; New York Estate; present owner. 434. Attributed to Conrad Kiesel (German, 1846-1921) , “A Young Maiden”, oil on an embossed leather floral motif background, unsigned, Christie’s New York label en verso, 31 1/2 in. x 23 3/4 in., in a later frame. $1500/2500 Provenance: Christie’s, New York, lot 345, February 26, 1997. 435. Ferdinand Lepié (Czech, 1824-1883) , “The Austrian Village of Gmuden, with View of Lake Traunsee in the Background”, oil on canvas, faintly signed and dated “184(?)” lower left, 21 3/4 in. x 27 in., in a cove- molded carved and giltwood frame. $3000/5000 432 433 435 434