Monogramist "VM" (early 20th century)(early 20th... Lot 880

Monogramist "VM" (early 20th century)(early 20th century) Alpine Violet (bot. Cyclamen), oil on canvas, turn of the 19th/20th century Two labels on the reverse; older paper label with owner's note "Eigentum ihrer Hoheit Herzogin Marita Holstein"; newer adhesive label with owner's note "Marie-Alexandra Barton-Miller". Gallery stamp "Bahnmüller - Zürich" on the reverse of the frame wood. The gallery is mentioned in writing in an exhibition catalogue from 1911: "Günther Wagner, Hanover and Vienna, represented by J. Bahnmüller, Zurich, Guggachstrasse 8." (available at https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=geo-002:1911:9::474). Monogrammed "VM." lower right. Canvas 26 x 24.5 cm. Glass; frame outer edge 39 x 37 cm. Known provenance: Object comes from the estate of Marie Alexandra Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1927-2000) married to Douglas Barton-Miller (born 1929).