Fritz Wotruba *
(Vienna 1907–1975)
Two heads, signed, dated F. Wotruba 1968, black chalk on paper, 34 x 49 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
Frame on loan
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
Frame on loan
Extract from an email by Mag. Gabriele Stöger-Spevak MAS curator- Fritz Wotruba Estate, Belvedere
… This is a very beautiful sheet, as I already said on Monday…
As a result of this, I presume that the work in front of me is also one of Wotruba’s drawings of this kind for a planned lithograph which apparently never came into being.
The drawing is not made using charcoal, but rather using lithographic chalk, which creates a clear, strong line.
The drawing extends to the edge of the sheet (which makes sense for lithographic transfer) and creates a more “decisive” impression than comparable drawings in our collection. We hold several similar drawings of heads from this period and of this type, but they have a more sketch-like quality due to the different materials used for the drawing (ballpoint pen, pencil, fountain pen)…
28.11.2018 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 4,000.- to EUR 6,000.-
Fritz Wotruba *
(Vienna 1907–1975)
Two heads, signed, dated F. Wotruba 1968, black chalk on paper, 34 x 49 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
Frame on loan
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
Frame on loan
Extract from an email by Mag. Gabriele Stöger-Spevak MAS curator- Fritz Wotruba Estate, Belvedere
… This is a very beautiful sheet, as I already said on Monday…
As a result of this, I presume that the work in front of me is also one of Wotruba’s drawings of this kind for a planned lithograph which apparently never came into being.
The drawing is not made using charcoal, but rather using lithographic chalk, which creates a clear, strong line.
The drawing extends to the edge of the sheet (which makes sense for lithographic transfer) and creates a more “decisive” impression than comparable drawings in our collection. We hold several similar drawings of heads from this period and of this type, but they have a more sketch-like quality due to the different materials used for the drawing (ballpoint pen, pencil, fountain pen)…
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| Auction: | Modern Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 28.11.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 17.11. - 28.11.2018 |