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Monday, 08 June 2015, 06:00 pm

Koloman Moser, Studie zu Venus in der Grotte

Lot 69

Koloman Moser, 1868-1918 (AT)

Studie zu Venus in der Grotte, approx. 1916

Oil on cardboard.
H 345 mm W 265 mm.

(Frame). Signed with the monogram upper left: KM.
Verso stamp of the estate on frame cover:
Nachlass Koloman Moser,
Estate-Number: 228, inscribed: "41".
3 collection stamps: Dr. Hans von Ankwicz - Wien.

CHF10'000 / 20'000
EUR9'000 / 18'000
USD11'000 / 21'000

Hammer Price: CHF 42'000

Annotation:

Provenance:
Estate Koloman Moser, Vienna;
Private property Dr. Hans Ankwicz von Kleehoven, Vienna, until 1962;
Private property Christian M. Nebehay, until June 1964;
Private property Dr. Hansres Jacobi, Zurich;
Swiss private property.

Exhibition:
Vienna, Nachlass-Ausstellung Kolo Moser, 1920.

Literature:
Exhibition catalog. Kunstverlag Wolfrum, Nachlass-Ausstellung Kolo Moser, 1920. No. 228;
Werner Fenz.
Koloman Moser. Graphik, Kunstgewerbe, Malerei.
Salzburg & Vienna, Residenz Verlag, 1984.
Page 129, full page color illustration plate 45;
Gerd Pichler.
Koloman Moser, Catalogue raisonné, Die Gemälde.
Vienna, W & K, 2012.
Kat.No. 194, page 176, illustration in color.

Annotation:
We are thankful to Mag. Stefan Üner, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere Wien, for his kind support.
The present work was documented by him in the catalogue raisonné Koloman Moser in the row of the directories Belvedere-Werkverzeichnisse, No. 10431.