Maria Lassnig *
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(Kappel, Carinthia, 1919–2014 Vienna)
‘Ich bin ein Elefant u. zertrümmere mein Porzellan’, titled, signed, dated M. Lassnig 1. Nov. 1996, pencil on paper, 49.5 x 69 cm, framed
Including a handwritten card
(with a reproduction of a watercolour by M. Lassnig):
... Although I very much wish to be able to still climb the Jungfrau mountain, that won’t immediately be possible, nor to see my elephant again, who is now yours; therefore, may I ask you to send a photograph of him for my working archive. Please! - fondly, your Maria Lassnig (on the obverse). With best wishes for 1998! ML
Exhibited (not listed in the catalogue):
Maria Lassnig, Neue Bilder und Zeichnungen, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern 1997
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland
24.11.2016 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 12,972.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 9,000.- to EUR 13,000.-
Maria Lassnig *
(Kappel, Carinthia, 1919–2014 Vienna)
‘Ich bin ein Elefant u. zertrümmere mein Porzellan’, titled, signed, dated M. Lassnig 1. Nov. 1996, pencil on paper, 49.5 x 69 cm, framed
Including a handwritten card
(with a reproduction of a watercolour by M. Lassnig):
... Although I very much wish to be able to still climb the Jungfrau mountain, that won’t immediately be possible, nor to see my elephant again, who is now yours; therefore, may I ask you to send a photograph of him for my working archive. Please! - fondly, your Maria Lassnig (on the obverse). With best wishes for 1998! ML
Exhibited (not listed in the catalogue):
Maria Lassnig, Neue Bilder und Zeichnungen, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern 1997
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland
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Auction: | Contemporary Art, Part II |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 24.11.2016 - 18:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 12.11. - 24.11.2016 |
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