Memory of Lake Zurich, February 1891 – The Great Lake Freeze Lithograph

RG-2026-244 · This reference is permanently assigned to this work.

ca. 1891

Technique: Lithografie, koloriert
Publisher: Hofer & Burger, graphische Anstalt, Zürich
Location: Switzerland
Dimensions: ca. 53 × 41 cm (Rahmen), visible size Bild ca. 40 × 28 cm
Frame: Goldrahmen mit cremefarbenem Passepartout
Condition: good

Price

from CHF 620

About the Work

This hand-coloured lithograph captures one of Zurich's great century-defining events: the legendary lake freeze of February 1891, when the frozen Lake Zurich became a vast open-air festival. With precise notes on the ice thickness (28 cm on the lake, 47 cm at the Schanzengraben), the print is also a genuine historical document – published by the renowned Zurich firm Hofer & Burger. The original St. Anna-Galerie label confirms clean Zurich provenance.

Provenance

The sheet comes from the stock of the St. Anna-Galerie, art dealer at St. Annagasse 9 in Zurich 1; the original label is still attached to the back. It was made as a souvenir of the great freezing of the lake in 1891, when half of Zurich celebrated on the ice with a market, riding and sleigh rides. Printed by Hofer & Burger, an established Zurich printing house.

Inscriptions

Bildtitel: 'ERINNERUNG AN DEN ZÜRICHSEE, FEBRUAR 1891.' | Links unten: 'Eisdicke vom See am 17. Febr. 1891. 28 cm. / Eisdicke vom Schanzengraben am 16. Febr. 1891. 47 cm.' | Rechts unten: 'Hofer & Burger, graph. Anstalt, Zürich.' | Rückseiten-Etikett: 'St. Anna-Galerie, Kunsthandlung, Zürich 1, St. Annagasse 9'

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