PRESS RELEASE
69th Art Auction
June 17th and 18th, 2008
At the 69th auction on 17 and 18 June im Kinsky will present over 700 works of classic modernism, contemporary art and Jugendstil. The estimated value of the works amounts to between 6.6 and 11.6 million euros.
CLASSIC MODERNISM
The artists of classic modernism are represented by high-profile names such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. From Klimt there are three nude studies for the Beethoven Frieze (€ 60,000 – 120,000 each) and from Egon Schiele "reclining female nude" (€ 80,000 – 200,000). Then there is an oil painting by Georges Braque "Nature morte aux Richardies d'Afrique" on offer (€ 150,000 – 250,000). Don't miss the male nude (Rudolf Hradil) by Anton Kolig (€ 70,000 – 120,000), Otto Rudolf Schatz with his innovative "Im Prater, um das Lusthaus" (€ 150,000 – 250,000) and Erwin Lang with a portrait, highly controversial at the time, of his wife Grete Wiesenthal with son and sister (€ 250,000 - 500,000). An evocative landscape by Carl Moll "Forest track near Kreuzberg an der Rax" (€ 50,000 – 100,000) will also go under the hammer.
CONTEMPORARY ART
Among the contemporaries there are a number of works on offer in the style of "Fantastic Realism" in Belvedere with work by Arik Brauer ("Die große Welle", € 35,000 – 50,000), Rudolf Hausner ("Glückliche Landschaft", € 50,000 – 100,000), Ernst Fuchs ("Paradiso", € 100,000 – 200,000) and Anton Lehmden with impressions of "Istanbul" (€ 15,000 – 25,000).
Special interest is expected in a casting of the famous relief by Fritz Wotruba, (the original is located in Matzleinsdorfer Platz, Vienna) (€ 70,000 – 140,000), splatter and relic paintings by Hermann Nitsch and "Wie eine Landschaft" by Max Weiler (€ 70,000 – 120,000).
JUGENDSTIL
In the Jugendstil sector, buyers can look forward to an extremely elegant mantel clock, designed by Adolf Loos (€ 75,000 – 120,000). From Dagobert Peche there are two mirrors, manufactured around 1922 by Max Welz for the Wiener Werkstätte (€ 20,000 – 50,000). A number of pieces of furniture and accessories by Josef Hoffmann will also be present at the auction. Notably, a silver basket with an ivory handle (€40,000 – 80,000), designed by Hoffmann in 1905 for the Wiener Werkstätte. For glass enthusiasts we again offer glasses and vases from the famous manufacturers Daum, Gallé and Lötz Witwe.
Auction
Tuesday, June 17th
Classical Modernism, 3 pm
Contemporary Art, 6.30 pm
Wednesday, June 18th
Jugendstil, 5 pm
Besichtigung
Prior viewing: daily from 12th June
Monday – Friday: 10 am to 6 pm,
Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday: 11 am to 4 pm
Vernissage
Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2008, 18 - 20 Uhr
For more information or to order press photos please contact
Eva-Christina Tondolo:
tondolo@imkinsky.com or +43 1 532 42 00-11.
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