Axel Leskoschek Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Axel Leskoschek Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 28, 2024
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €50 - €100
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Odysseus' return, 1946 woodcut/paper 22 x 26 cm signed Axl, dated 46 in the plate monogrammed and dated AL 46 verso inscribed "Bettler vor der eigenen Tür - Odysseus Heimkehr" Bl.15 ("beggar in front of his own home - Ulysses homecoming" sheet 15) SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 50 - 100 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 50 Axl Leskoschek (born as Albert von Leskoschek on September 3rd 1889 in Graz, Austria, died February 12 in 1976 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian painter and illustrator. He studied law first until 1917, before he had to fight in World War I where he was wounded severely. After the war he studied Art at the Art School in Graz, his teacher was Alfred Schrötter, and in Vienna where his teacher was Alfred Cossmann. Leskoschek’s politic orientation was socialistic. Until 1934 he worked as an editor for the social democratic newspaper “Arbeiterwille”. From 1920 he also worked as an illustrator for different books. As an example he made woodcuts for two volumes of the very popular publisher “Insel-Bücherei” in 1926 and in 1967. Leskoschek was a founding member of the important artist group Secession in Graz in 1937. For his illustrations and graphic works he was awarded with the “Österreichischer Staatspreis” (Austrian State Prize) in 1925. Leskoschek got into trouble for his political commitment; he was in jail in 1934, 1935 and 1936. He became a member of the communist party in 1934 and had to flee Austria in 1938 when the Nazis took over power. With help of a Christian church organization he was able to flee to Brazil where he worked from 1941 until 1948 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1948 Axl Leskoschek returned to Austria. 1971 a retrospective was shown in Graz and a second one in 1974 in Vienna. The artist died two years later in Vienna. PLEASE NOTE: 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 ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
Widder Auctions
Nov. 02, 2024
Axl Leskoschek "Odysseus". 1960.
Est: €220 - €250
Axl Leskoschek 1889 Graz – 1976 Wien Holzschnitte auf "Zerkall"-Kupferdruckkarton. Einige Arbeiten im Stock monogrammiert und datiert. Jeweils u.re. in Blei signiert "Leskoschek" bzw. "Axl Leskoschek". Mit einer Einleitung von Ernst Fischer und Inhaltsblatt, dort nummeriert "32" von 50 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe. Verlegt und hergestellt von der Globus Zeitungs-, Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Ges.m.b.H., Wien, 1960. In der originalen Pappmappe. Axl Leskoschek 1889 Graz – 1976 Wien Maler, Graphiker, Dr. jur. und Theaterkritiker. Schüler von Hofbauer und Coßmann. In Graz tätig gewesen. Malte hauptsächlich südliche Landschaften, Akte in Öl und Aquarell und fertigte Holzschnitt-Folgen an.
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG
Jun. 15, 2024
Axl Leskoschek "Odysseus". 1960.
Est: €300 - €320
Axl Leskoschek 1889 Graz – 1976 Wien Holzschnitte auf "Zerkall"-Kupferdruckkarton. Einige Arbeiten im Stock monogrammiert und datiert. Jeweils u.re. in Blei signiert "Leskoschek" bzw. "Axl Leskoschek". Mit einer Einleitung von Ernst Fischer und Inhaltsblatt, dort nummeriert "32" von 50 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe. Verlegt und hergestellt von der Globus Zeitungs-, Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Ges.m.b.H., Wien, 1960. In der originalen Pappmappe. Axl Leskoschek 1889 Graz – 1976 Wien Maler, Graphiker, Dr. jur. und Theaterkritiker. Schüler von Hofbauer und Coßmann. In Graz tätig gewesen. Malte hauptsächlich südliche Landschaften, Akte in Öl und Aquarell und fertigte Holzschnitt-Folgen an.
Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG
May. 28, 2024
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €100 - €200
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Fantastic landscape woodcut, colored/paper, 12,2 x 8,7 cm estate stamp Axl Leskoschek, enscribed handkolorierter [hand print], rubber-stamp Handabzug Atelier der Edition Graphischer Zirkel ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200 STARTING PRICE °€ 100 Axl Leskoschek (born as Albert von Leskoschek on September 3rd 1889 in Graz, Austria, died February 12 in 1976 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian painter and illustrator. He studied law first until 1917, before he had to fight in World War I where he was wounded severely. After the war he studied Art at the Art School in Graz, his teacher was Alfred Schrötter, and in Vienna where his teacher was Alfred Cossmann. Leskoschek’s politic orientation was socialistic. Until 1934 he worked as an editor for the social democratic newspaper “Arbeiterwille”. From 1920 he also worked as an illustrator for different books. As an example he made woodcuts for two volumes of the very popular publisher “Insel-Bücherei” in 1926 and in 1967. Leskoschek was a founding member of the important artist group Secession in Graz in 1937. For his illustrations and graphic works he was awarded with the “Österreichischer Staatspreis” (Austrian State Prize) in 1925. Leskoschek got into trouble for his political commitment; he was in jail in 1934, 1935 and 1936. He became a member of the communist party in 1934 and had to flee Austria in 1938 when the Nazis took over power. With help of a Christian church organization he was able to flee to Brazil where he worked from 1941 until 1948 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1948 Axl Leskoschek returned to Austria. 1971 a retrospective was shown in Graz and a second one in 1974 in Vienna. The artist died two years later in Vienna. PLEASE NOTE: 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 photographs 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.
Widder Auctions
May. 28, 2024
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €60 - €100
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Bundle of two works Eternal spouse pencil/paper, 18,4 x 13 inscribed 199; verso, inscribed Vorzeichnung "Ew. Gatte" (eternal spouse), 40, Nachlassstempel Axl Leskoschek Theatre scene woodcut/paper, 11,1 x 9.6 cm in the print monogrammed AL, rubber-stamped Künstlerhanddruck aus dem Nachlaß Axl Leskoschek (artist's hand print, from Axl Leskoschek's estate) ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Axl Leskoschek (born as Albert von Leskoschek on September 3rd 1889 in Graz, Austria, died February 12 in 1976 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian painter and illustrator. He studied law first until 1917, before he had to fight in World War I where he was wounded severely. After the war he studied Art at the Art School in Graz, his teacher was Alfred Schrötter, and in Vienna where his teacher was Alfred Cossmann. Leskoschek’s politic orientation was socialistic. Until 1934 he worked as an editor for the social democratic newspaper “Arbeiterwille”. From 1920 he also worked as an illustrator for different books. As an example he made woodcuts for two volumes of the very popular publisher “Insel-Bücherei” in 1926 and in 1967. Leskoschek was a founding member of the important artist group Secession in Graz in 1937. For his illustrations and graphic works he was awarded with the “Österreichischer Staatspreis” (Austrian State Prize) in 1925. Leskoschek got into trouble for his political commitment; he was in jail in 1934, 1935 and 1936. He became a member of the communist party in 1934 and had to flee Austria in 1938 when the Nazis took over power. With help of a Christian church organization he was able to flee to Brazil where he worked from 1941 until 1948 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1948 Axl Leskoschek returned to Austria. 1971 a retrospective was shown in Graz and a second one in 1974 in Vienna. The artist died two years later in Vienna. PLEASE NOTE: 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 photographs 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.
Widder Auctions
May. 28, 2024
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €100 - €200
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Odysseus and Iros, 1946 woodcut/paper, 29,3 x 20 cm signed Axl, in the plate monogrammed AL and dated 46 ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200 STARTING PRICE °€ 100 Axl Leskoschek (born as Albert von Leskoschek on September 3rd 1889 in Graz, Austria, died February 12 in 1976 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian painter and illustrator. He studied law first until 1917, before he had to fight in World War I where he was wounded severely. After the war he studied Art at the Art School in Graz, his teacher was Alfred Schrötter, and in Vienna where his teacher was Alfred Cossmann. Leskoschek’s politic orientation was socialistic. Until 1934 he worked as an editor for the social democratic newspaper “Arbeiterwille”. From 1920 he also worked as an illustrator for different books. As an example he made woodcuts for two volumes of the very popular publisher “Insel-Bücherei” in 1926 and in 1967. Leskoschek was a founding member of the important artist group Secession in Graz in 1937. For his illustrations and graphic works he was awarded with the “Österreichischer Staatspreis” (Austrian State Prize) in 1925. Leskoschek got into trouble for his political commitment; he was in jail in 1934, 1935 and 1936. He became a member of the communist party in 1934 and had to flee Austria in 1938 when the Nazis took over power. With help of a Christian church organization he was able to flee to Brazil where he worked from 1941 until 1948 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1948 Axl Leskoschek returned to Austria. 1971 a retrospective was shown in Graz and a second one in 1974 in Vienna. The artist died two years later in Vienna. PLEASE NOTE: 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 photographs 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.
Widder Auctions
May. 28, 2024
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €60 - €100
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Chariot, 1952 woodcut/paper, 15,3 x 19,3 cm signed Axl, in the plate monogrammed AL and dated 52 ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Axl Leskoschek (born as Albert von Leskoschek on September 3rd 1889 in Graz, Austria, died February 12 in 1976 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian painter and illustrator. He studied law first until 1917, before he had to fight in World War I where he was wounded severely. After the war he studied Art at the Art School in Graz, his teacher was Alfred Schrötter, and in Vienna where his teacher was Alfred Cossmann. Leskoschek’s politic orientation was socialistic. Until 1934 he worked as an editor for the social democratic newspaper “Arbeiterwille”. From 1920 he also worked as an illustrator for different books. As an example he made woodcuts for two volumes of the very popular publisher “Insel-Bücherei” in 1926 and in 1967. Leskoschek was a founding member of the important artist group Secession in Graz in 1937. For his illustrations and graphic works he was awarded with the “Österreichischer Staatspreis” (Austrian State Prize) in 1925. Leskoschek got into trouble for his political commitment; he was in jail in 1934, 1935 and 1936. He became a member of the communist party in 1934 and had to flee Austria in 1938 when the Nazis took over power. With help of a Christian church organization he was able to flee to Brazil where he worked from 1941 until 1948 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1948 Axl Leskoschek returned to Austria. 1971 a retrospective was shown in Graz and a second one in 1974 in Vienna. The artist died two years later in Vienna. PLEASE NOTE: 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 photographs 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.
Widder Auctions
May. 28, 2024
BUNDLE OF SIX WORKS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS
Est: €80 - €150
BUNDLE OF SIX WORKS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS Bundle of six works by various artists 1 | Axl Leskoschek (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Brasilian landscape linocut/paper, 14,5 x 19,8 cm estate stamp Axl Leskoschek 2 | Carl Fahringer (Wiener Neustadt 1874 - 1952 Vienna) Tiger with new year`s wishes watercolor/cardboard, 6,1 x 6,2 cm signed Fahringer, inscribed Prosit 1945, verso pieces of a postcard 3 | Franz Maxera (born 1943 in Jirice, sout Moravia) Woman pencil/paper, 20,4 x 14,7 cm stamp Franz Maxera 4 | Franz Maxera (born 1943 in Jirice, sout Moravia) Cat, 1985 pencil/paper, 21,1 x 14,2 cm signed Maxera, dated 85 5 | Walther Klemm (Karlsbad 1883 - 1957 Weimar) Turkey train color woodcut/paper, 16,8 x 29,5 cm 6 | Heinrich Lefler (Vienna 1863 - 1919 Vienna) 4 works German memorial hall, plus cover offsetlithographs/embossed paper, gildet, each 36 x 24 cm dedication from emperor Wilhelm II. 1. Oktober. 1904 ESTIMATE °€ 80 - 150 STARTING PRICE °€ 80 PLEASE NOTE: 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 photographs 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.
Widder Auctions
Dec. 02, 2023
Axel von Leskoschek (Graz 1889 - Wien/Vienna 1976)
Est: €250 - €325
Friedensreigen;Aquarell, Bleistift, 21,5 x 16,5 cm, gerahmt Rückseitig Nachlasstempel
Bozner Kunstauktionen
May. 22, 2023
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €400 - €800
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Village on the waterfront watercolor/paper, 19,5 x 30 cm ESTIMATE °€ 400 - 800 STARTING PRICE °€ 400 Austrian painter of the 20th century, especially of the interwar period. Main representative of the modern and avant-garde in Styria. Studied at the Landeskunstschule in Graz under Alfred Schrötter and from 1921 to 1923 at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna under Alfred Cossmann. Cultural editor at the Social Democratic newspaper Arbeiterwille, from 1920 also book illustrator. 1919 co-founder of the Werkbund Freiland, 1923 Grazer Secession. Fled to Switzerland via Italy in 1938 with the architect and resistance fighter Herbert Eichholzer. 1941 to 1948 exile in Brazil, professor at the Academy in Rio de Janeiro. 1948 return to Austria. active in Vienna as a painter, graphic artist and theater critic. Early influences from Art Nouveau and Expressionism, later interest in medieval woodcuts. Created colorful oil paintings and watercolors, southern landscapes and nudes, also exotic floral still lifes with calla and parrot flower reminiscent of his time in South America. PLEASE NOTE: 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.
Widder Auctions
May. 22, 2023
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €300 - €600
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Mediterranean landscape, 1962 watercolor/paper, 29,8 x 39,5 cm inschribed Chi, dated 62, monogrammed AL, verso estate stamp Axl Leskoschek ESTIMATE °€ 300 - 600 STARTING PRICE °€ 300 Austrian painter of the 20th century, especially of the interwar period. Main representative of the modern and avant-garde in Styria. Studied at the Landeskunstschule in Graz under Alfred Schrötter and from 1921 to 1923 at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna under Alfred Cossmann. Cultural editor at the Social Democratic newspaper Arbeiterwille, from 1920 also book illustrator. 1919 co-founder of the Werkbund Freiland, 1923 Grazer Secession. Fled to Switzerland via Italy in 1938 with the architect and resistance fighter Herbert Eichholzer. 1941 to 1948 exile in Brazil, professor at the Academy in Rio de Janeiro. 1948 return to Austria. active in Vienna as a painter, graphic artist and theater critic. Early influences from Art Nouveau and Expressionism, later interest in medieval woodcuts. Created colorful oil paintings and watercolors, southern landscapes and nudes, also exotic floral still lifes with calla and parrot flower reminiscent of his time in South America. PLEASE NOTE: 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.
Widder Auctions
Dec. 08, 2022
AXEL LESKOSCHEK: FLORAL STILL LIFE
Est: €2,500 - €5,000
Axel Leskoschek Floral still life 1953 oil on canvas; framed 90 x 70 cm monogrammed and dated on the lower right: AL 53 private property, Styria
Im Kinsky
Jul. 05, 2022
Leskoschek (Axl) Brazilian Miniatures; Miniaturas Brasilieras, one of 250 copies, Guildford, Circle Press, 1974 & others, press (13)
Est: £400 - £600
NO RESERVE Leskoschek (Axl) Brazilian Miniatures; Miniaturas Brasilieras, number 174 of 250 copies signed by the artist, loose as issued in original wrappers, uncut, card portfolio with ties, Guildford, Circle Press, 1974 § Richards (Anthony) From a Satyric Country: Poems, number 38 of 120 copies signed by the author and artist/printer, woodcuts by Ian Mortimer, loose as issued with prospectus in original cloth-backed board drop-back box, I.M.Imprimit, text printed at the Circle Press, 1971 § Paterson (Alistair) Touchings, one of 10 AC copies from an edition limited to 90, signed by the artist, double-page colour silkscreens by Bracaval, loose as issued in original card portfolio, Guenrouet, 1998 § Lucie-Smith (Edward) The Makers , number 33 of 140 copies signed by the author, etching by Ann Brunskill and wood-engraving by John Lawrence (both numbered & signed in pencil), 2 original photographs, loose as issued, original wrappers, preserved in old roan-backed drop-back box, 1976 § Burnett (David) Vines, number 20 of 50 special copies with an additional suite of signed engravings, signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 200, wood-engravings by Richard Shirley Smith, original cloth-backed boards, additional prints each tipped into wrapper, together in slip-case, Steventon, Rocket Press, 1984; and 8 others, press, 4to & 8vo (13)
Forum Auctions - UK
May. 19, 2022
AXL LESKOSCHEK (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
AXL LESKOSCHEK* (Graz 1889 - 1976 Vienna) Still Life with Flowers, 1951 oil/canvas, 100,5 x 70 cm signed A Les, monogrammed AL and dated 51 Provenance: Gallery Ciwna, Fine Arts Widder Vienna ESTIMATE °€ 2.000 - 3.000 Austrian painter of the 20th century, especially of the interwar period. Main representative of the modern and avant-garde in Styria. Studied at the Landeskunstschule in Graz under Alfred Schrötter and from 1921 to 1923 at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna under Alfred Cossmann. Cultural editor at the Social Democratic newspaper Arbeiterwille, from 1920 also book illustrator. 1919 co-founder of the Werkbund Freiland, 1923 Grazer Secession. Fled to Switzerland via Italy in 1938 with the architect and resistance fighter Herbert Eichholzer. 1941 to 1948 exile in Brazil, professor at the Academy in Rio de Janeiro. 1948 return to Austria. active in Vienna as a painter, graphic artist and theater critic. Early influences from Art Nouveau and Expressionism, later interest in medieval woodcuts. Created colorful oil paintings and watercolors, southern landscapes and nudes, also exotic floral still lifes with calla and parrot flower reminiscent of his time in South America. The painter, graphic artist and illustrator Axl Leskoschek was born in Graz as the son of a field marshal lieutenant and completed his legal training with a doctorate in 1917 - in the middle of the First World War. Immediately afterwards he was ordered to the front as a lieutenant pilot, from which he returned severely wounded. Under the impression of this drastic war experience, he renounced a career in law and began to study at the Landeskunstschule Graz with Alfred Schrötter and at the Grafische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna. With his woodcuts to the "Legends of St. Francis" he founded a series of illustrations to world literature in 1920, became a co-founder of the Werkbund "Freiland" (1919) and the Graz Secession (1923). At the same time, he developed his keen awareness of the political upheavals of this time of change, during which he also worked for the social democratic daily newspaper "Arbeiterwille" as cultural editor until 1934. As early as 1920, he produced his first book illustrated with woodcuts, which was to be followed by more than 50 other books until his death. It was mainly expressionist pictures with which Leskoschek appeared in public at the beginning of his career. However, he was not only active as a painter, wood engraver and carver, but also - between 1928 and 1931 - as a stage designer at the municipal theatre in Augsburg and as a political activist. As a member of the Schutzbund he took part in the bloody workers' uprising in February 1934, for which reason he joined the illegal KPÖ after a short imprisonment and was again imprisoned in the detention camp Wöllersdorf in 1936/37. During his imprisonment he created an extensive series of allegorical sheets in an expressive-surreal style. In 1938 he managed to escape from the Nazi regime just in time. Together with the architect Herbert Eichholzer, he fled via Trieste to Switzerland, from where he escaped into exile in Brazil in 1940 together with his wife, whom he had met there. There he produced a series of oil paintings, watercolours, linocuts and woodcuts, pochoirs, lithographs and etchings. He also taught woodcut and composition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro and thus became the teacher of a whole generation of Brazilian artists. It was not until 1948 that he returned to Austria, where he became a communist activist for realism in art during the Cold War and his work was officially hardly noticed. It was only through international exhibitions in the 1960s that he was able to gain some notoriety, while in Austria exhibitions such as the one in 1954 on the theme of "Art and Resistance" were boycotted. Shortly before - in 1952 - he also created this innocuous floral still life with the exotic red flamingo flowers, which at the same time reminded Leskoschek of his beloved adopted country Brazil: the anthurium comes from the tropical rainforests of Colombia, Guatemala and the Amazon region in Brazil. Leskoschek also adds a flower of the bird of paradise, which is native to South Africa. Leskoschek excellently accentuates this exotic floral splendour against the silky, shimmering, silvery white background in a late expressionist manner. The brilliant effect is further enhanced by the large form. Leskoschek himself only became the focus of initial honours and exhibitions in Graz and Vienna in 1971 and 1974 respectively after he left the Communist Party in reaction to the bloody suppression of the Prague Spring in August 1968, only to fall into oblivion again soon afterwards. Shortly before his death in 1976, he confessed that it had been the biggest mistake of his life to leave Brazil in 1948, when he already had so many friends and students there. He returned, he bitterly summed up, to his homeland as a country where he remained unknown, almost anonymous. PLEASE NOTE: 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 ° in the catalog), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13% 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.
Widder Auctions
Dec. 16, 2021
Leskoschek (Axl) Brazilian Miniatures; Miniaturas Brasilieras, one of 250 copies, Guildford, Circle Press, 1974 & others, press (13)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Leskoschek (Axl) Brazilian Miniatures; Miniaturas Brasilieras, number 174 of 250 copies signed by the artist, loose as issued in original wrappers, uncut, card portfolio with ties, Guildford, Circle Press, 1974 § Richards (Anthony) From a Satyric Country: Poems, number 38 of 120 copies signed by the author and artist/printer, woodcuts by Ian Mortimer, loose as issued with prospectus in original cloth-backed board drop-back box, I.M.Imprimit, text printed at the Circle Press, 1971 § Paterson (Alistair) Touchings, one of 10 AC copies from an edition limited to 90, signed by the artist, double-page colour silkscreens by Bracaval, loose as issued in original card portfolio, Guenrouet, 1998 § Lucie-Smith (Edward) The Makers , number 33 of 140 copies signed by the author, etching by Ann Brunskill and wood-engraving by John Lawrence (both numbered & signed in pencil), 2 original photographs, loose as issued, original wrappers, preserved in old roan-backed drop-back box, 1976 § Burnett (David) Vines, number 20 of 50 special copies with an additional suite of signed engravings, signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 200, wood-engravings by Richard Shirley Smith, original cloth-backed boards, additional prints each tipped into wrapper, together in slip-case, Steventon, Rocket Press, 1984; and 8 others, press, 4to & 8vo (13)
Forum Auctions - UK
May. 19, 2020
Forest Landscape, 1942 / Two Men at a Table / Three mounted Men / The Message / Witch Burning / In the Forge / Building the Ark / The Visit / The Appellant / In the Fishermen's Village, 1944 / The King and his Advisers
Est: €600 - €800
Each Woodcut, The Appellant: Copper Engraving each Estimate-stamp Sheet size each: 4,9 x 3,6 in / plate size: 1,9 x 2,3 in | The Pleading: sheet size: 7,9 x 5,8 in / plate size: 6,4 x 4 in | Wood landscape: plate size: 9,1 x 7,8 in
Lehner Kunstauktionen
Jun. 14, 2018
Leskoschek, Axl
Est: -
Leskoschek, Axl. Odysseus. Ein Zyklus. Vienna, Globus Verlag, 1960. In 2° (460 x 360 mm). Album di 20 incisioni sciolte ciascuna protetta da veline e 4 pagine di testo di Ernst Fischer. Brossura editoriale in cartoncino figurato (rovinata). Prima edizione di questa bella raccolta di tavole ispirate dal capolavoro omeriano. TAGS - Novecento - Libri rari autografi rare books autographs
Aste Bolaffi
Apr. 20, 2009
Axel Leskoschek (Graz 1886-1976 Wien, Studium an
Est: - €160
Axel Leskoschek (Graz 1886-1976 Wien, Studium an der Landeskunstschule Graz und der grafischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Wien) Ohne Titel, Nachlassstempel, im Stock monogrammiert AL, 2 Holzschnitte, Stockgröße je 16 x 10 cm, Passepartout, verglast, gerahmt
Dorotheum
Apr. 20, 2009
Axel Leskoschek (Graz 1886-1976 Wien, Studium an
Est: - €160
Axel Leskoschek (Graz 1886-1976 Wien, Studium an der Landeskunstschule Graz und der grafischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Wien) Ohne Titel, Nachlassstempel, im Stock monogrammiert AL, 2 Holzschnitte, Stockgröße je 16 x 10 cm, Passepartout, verglast, gerahmt
Dorotheum
Jun. 12, 2008
Axel Leskoschek (Graz 1886-1976 Wien, Studium an
Est: - €180
Axel Leskoschek (Graz 1886-1976 Wien, Studium an der Landeskunstschule Graz und der grafischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Wien) Ohne Titel, Nachlassstempel, im Stock monogrammiert AL, 2 Holzschnitte, Stockgröße je 16 x 10 cm, Passepartout, verglast, gerahmt
Dorotheum