Oil on panel. Signed and dated lower right. 15.6 x 21 cm.
• Lively and detailed scene of Bavarian folk life.
• Hugo Kaufmann's preference for humorous tavern scenes shows a warm and brownish tonality in the present work.
• In 1871, Kaufmann moved to Munich, while Prien am Chiemsee became his primary source of artistic inspiration.
LITERATURE: Presumably Irmgard Holz, Hugo Kauffmann, Berlin 1984, catalogue raisonné no. 538: "Wirtshausszene (whereabouts unknown)" (not illustrated). -- Hugo Helbing, Munich, auction on December 4, 1930, lot 47 (there under the title: Eine verfängliche Frage).