Lot No. 18


Josef Floch *


Josef Floch * - Modern Art

(Wien 1894–1977 New York)
Die Geschwister / The siblings, 1923–1924, signed Floch, oil on canvas on canvas, 82.5 x 62 cm, framed

Provenance:
Collection Italo Svevo (1861–1928), acquired directly from the artist in 1925
After 1928 by descent to private collection, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1990 by descent to private collection, Lake Como, Italy
Private collection, Austria, since 1994

Registered and Illustrated in:
Karl Pallauf, Josef Floch. Leben und Werk, Wien 2000, cat. rais. no. 66, ill. p. 125
Das Zelt, Wien, Jahrgang 1, Heft 10, 1925, p. 341, ill.

“Josef Floch constructs space using colour… Floch’s use of colour is characterised by the harmony and contrast of different tones. This combination of colours then gives shape to the basic forms that fill the sphere and endow the composition with its final form.”

Josef Kalmar, in: Das Zelt. Eine jüdische illustrierte Monatsschrift für Kunst, Literatur und Wissenschaft, Vienna 1925, pp. 339–341.

Specialist: Dr. Marianne Hussl-Hörmann Dr. Marianne Hussl-Hörmann
+43-1-515 60-765

marianne.hussl-hoermann@dorotheum.at

30.11.2021 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 38,400.-
Estimate:
EUR 25,000.- to EUR 35,000.-

Josef Floch *


(Wien 1894–1977 New York)
Die Geschwister / The siblings, 1923–1924, signed Floch, oil on canvas on canvas, 82.5 x 62 cm, framed

Provenance:
Collection Italo Svevo (1861–1928), acquired directly from the artist in 1925
After 1928 by descent to private collection, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1990 by descent to private collection, Lake Como, Italy
Private collection, Austria, since 1994

Registered and Illustrated in:
Karl Pallauf, Josef Floch. Leben und Werk, Wien 2000, cat. rais. no. 66, ill. p. 125
Das Zelt, Wien, Jahrgang 1, Heft 10, 1925, p. 341, ill.

“Josef Floch constructs space using colour… Floch’s use of colour is characterised by the harmony and contrast of different tones. This combination of colours then gives shape to the basic forms that fill the sphere and endow the composition with its final form.”

Josef Kalmar, in: Das Zelt. Eine jüdische illustrierte Monatsschrift für Kunst, Literatur und Wissenschaft, Vienna 1925, pp. 339–341.

Specialist: Dr. Marianne Hussl-Hörmann Dr. Marianne Hussl-Hörmann
+43-1-515 60-765

marianne.hussl-hoermann@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Modern Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction with Live Bidding
Date: 30.11.2021 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: Online


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