PAINTING BY ADOLF HITLER WITH PROVENANCE

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HITLER FAMOUSLY STARTED OUT AS AN ARTIST, SOME OF HIS WORKS STILL AROUND TODAY. THIS A TYPICAL OF HIS WORK, MOUNTAIN SCENE. OIL ON CANVAS WITH WOODEN FRAME, 393 BY 321 MM. WITH HIS “AH” SIGNATURE TO THE BOTTOM CORNER. PICTURE IN WELL PRESERVED CONDITION . SOME SLIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGES BUT NO CRACKS OR DAMAGE TO THE MAIN PICTURE. WITH TWO PRINT-OUTS, ONE SHOWING TWO VERY SIMILAR OTHER WORKS BY HITLER OF MOUNTAIN SCENES PROBABLY FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD, AND A PAGE OF HITLER SIGNATURES, ONE ALSO SHOWING THE SIMPLE “AH” SIGNATURE. WITH A LETTER OF PROVENANCE FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS PICTURE WHO WAS SGT WHITTAKER, RAF. HE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL WHEN AND WHEN HE ACQUIRED THE PAINTING IN MUNICH 1945. ALSO WITH A PHOTO OF WHITTAKER, TWO RAF BOOKS, TWO NEWSPAPERS HE SAVED AND A DRAWING OF AN AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DIALS CUT OUT AND GLUED INTO PLACE. A HISTORIC ITEM.