Lot No. 123 -


Albin Egger-Lienz


(Stribach bei Lienz 1868–1926 St. Justina bei Bozen, South Tyrol)
Bauernkopf / Portrait of a peasant, Head study for the standing peasant in the painting Generationen (The family), c. 1919, signed Egger Lienz, oil on cardboard, 28.2 x 20.8 cm, framed

Provenance:
Dr. Fritz Wängler, Vienna
Private Collection, Innsbruck (purchased from the above in 1940 according to a written invoice)
Private Collection, Switzerland (by descent by the above)

Registered and illustrated in:
Wilfried Kirschl, Albin Egger-Lienz. Das Gesamtwerk, Wien 1996, vol. I, p. 319 (full page illustration) and vol. II, p. 553, cat. rais. no. M 428

Literature:
Heinrich Hammer, Albin Egger-Lienz, Innsbruck 1930, p. 279, no. 2 (mentioned provenance: Dr. Fritz Wängler)

Compare with:
Die Generationen, 1918/ 1919, oil on canvas, Kirschl, vol. I, p. 315 (colour ill.), vol. II, cat. rais. no. M 418
Two pencil studies Studie zu Mann I and Bauer aus Jenesien, Kirschl, vol. II, no. Z 426 and Z 428

“I do not consider the colour as a factor in itself, but evaluate it in accordance to the law of harmony as a counterplay to the image idea.”

(Egger-Lienz, cit. in: Kirschl, vol. I, p. 316)

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

marianne.hussl-hoermann@dorotheum.at

28.11.2023 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 36,725.-
Estimate:
EUR 15,000.- to EUR 20,000.-

Albin Egger-Lienz


(Stribach bei Lienz 1868–1926 St. Justina bei Bozen, South Tyrol)
Bauernkopf / Portrait of a peasant, Head study for the standing peasant in the painting Generationen (The family), c. 1919, signed Egger Lienz, oil on cardboard, 28.2 x 20.8 cm, framed

Provenance:
Dr. Fritz Wängler, Vienna
Private Collection, Innsbruck (purchased from the above in 1940 according to a written invoice)
Private Collection, Switzerland (by descent by the above)

Registered and illustrated in:
Wilfried Kirschl, Albin Egger-Lienz. Das Gesamtwerk, Wien 1996, vol. I, p. 319 (full page illustration) and vol. II, p. 553, cat. rais. no. M 428

Literature:
Heinrich Hammer, Albin Egger-Lienz, Innsbruck 1930, p. 279, no. 2 (mentioned provenance: Dr. Fritz Wängler)

Compare with:
Die Generationen, 1918/ 1919, oil on canvas, Kirschl, vol. I, p. 315 (colour ill.), vol. II, cat. rais. no. M 418
Two pencil studies Studie zu Mann I and Bauer aus Jenesien, Kirschl, vol. II, no. Z 426 and Z 428

“I do not consider the colour as a factor in itself, but evaluate it in accordance to the law of harmony as a counterplay to the image idea.”

(Egger-Lienz, cit. in: Kirschl, vol. I, p. 316)

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: 28.11.2023 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 18.11. - 28.11.2023


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT(Country of delivery: Austria)

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