Johannesgasse 9-13, 1010 Vienna, Austria
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Dear art lovers,
our next auction will take place on May 22, 2023 at 4 p.m.
Only your preliminary bids will be accepted online via Bidspirit. Unfortunately, there will be no live bidding option.
On May 22nd you can bid either by telephone or at our premises at Johannesgasse 9-13 in 1010 Vienna. If you have any questions, please contact us via email at office@widderauktionen.com or call us on 0676 - 555 66 10 or 01 - 512 45 69.
We look forward to your bids here on Bidspirit!
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Telephone: 0676 - 555 66 10
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EGON VITALIS BIEL* (1902 Vienna – 1969 Nashville) Raskolnikow, 1923 woodcut/paper, 41 x 27 cm signed Egon Biel ...
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Start price:
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50
Estimated price :
€50 - €100
Buyer's Premium: 24%
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VAT: 20%
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EGON VITALIS BIEL* (1902 Vienna – 1969 Nashville)
Raskolnikow, 1923
woodcut/paper, 41 x 27 cm
signed Egon Biel, dated 1923, inscribed Dostojewski Raskolnikov
ESTIMATE € 50 - 100
STARTING PRICE € 50
Egon Vitalis Biel-Bienne was a painter, illustrator and writer. He studied art history with Dworák and Strzygowski for four semesters, but was otherwise self-taught. Biel-Bienne had his studio on the Kohlmarkt, and he exhibited illustrations for Gogol and Puschkin in the Hagenbund; In 1936 he organized a collective exhibition in the glass house in the Burggarten ("Human Characters and Passions"), presenting himself as one of the most idiosyncratic of Vienna's younger painters. In 1938 Biel-Bienne emigrated to France and in 1942 to the USA; 1952 professor at Fordham University (New York), 1953-1959 director of the French-American Cultural Institute; from 1959 he taught at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
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The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
