Eduard Gurk
(Vienna 1801-1841 Jerusalem) The Savoy Foundation building (Noble Academy) on Laimgrube (todays Stiftskaserne – a former army barrack), signed E. Gurk fec., pen, watercolor on paper, 9,5 x 14 cm, mounted, framed, (Hu)
An old inscription on the reverse: Ant. Kuppitsch, No. 1529, 303.
Literature: Tranquillo Mollo, Wiens vorzüglichste Gebäude und Monumente, Les Principaux batiments et monuments de Vienne, 1825.
The art dealer and publisher Tranquillo Mollo edited this series of views in 1825. Eduard and even is father Josef Ignaz were active for this assignment. Works by father and son Gurk are largely kept in the possession of the heirs of Archduke Johann and therefore appear rarely on the art market and at auction houses. We are grateful to Dr. Maria Luise Sternath, Vienna for the scientific consultation.
Specialist: Dr. Brigitte Huck
Dr. Brigitte Huck
+43-1-515 60-378
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
30.03.2016 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 2,400.- to EUR 3,000.-
Eduard Gurk
(Vienna 1801-1841 Jerusalem) The Savoy Foundation building (Noble Academy) on Laimgrube (todays Stiftskaserne – a former army barrack), signed E. Gurk fec., pen, watercolor on paper, 9,5 x 14 cm, mounted, framed, (Hu)
An old inscription on the reverse: Ant. Kuppitsch, No. 1529, 303.
Literature: Tranquillo Mollo, Wiens vorzüglichste Gebäude und Monumente, Les Principaux batiments et monuments de Vienne, 1825.
The art dealer and publisher Tranquillo Mollo edited this series of views in 1825. Eduard and even is father Josef Ignaz were active for this assignment. Works by father and son Gurk are largely kept in the possession of the heirs of Archduke Johann and therefore appear rarely on the art market and at auction houses. We are grateful to Dr. Maria Luise Sternath, Vienna for the scientific consultation.
Specialist: Dr. Brigitte Huck
Dr. Brigitte Huck
+43-1-515 60-378
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 30.03.2016 - 15:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 23.03. - 30.03.2016 |