Wilhelm Thony Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Wilhelm Thony Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 19, 2024
Wilhelm Thöny
Est: €35,000 - €50,000
(Graz 1888–1949 New York) Porträt Kardinal Jean Verdier, Erzbischof von Paris (Portrait of Cardinal Jean Verdier, Archbishop of Paris), 1937, oil on cardboard, 52.8 x 42.8 cm, framed Listed and illustrated: Günther Holler-Schuster, Christa Steinle (ed.), Wilhelm Thöny - Im Sog der Moderne, Neue Galerie Graz, 2013, cat. rais. no. 342, ill. p. 272 Provenance: Galerie Artcurial, München (1985) Private Collection, Graz Exhibition: Munich, Wilhelm Thöny. Porträt eines Einzelgängers. Ölbilder, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Galerie Artcurial 1985, 25 January – 1 March 1985, no. 4, ill. Graz, Wilhelm Thöny / Im Sog der Moderne, Neue Galerie Graz, 25 May – 22 September 2013 “I can tell you that... I am now painting the portrait of a high dignitary (in Paris).” (Wilhelm Thöny, 1936) In a letter to a friend in Graz, Wilhelm Thöny first reported from Paris in 1936 about his prestigious commission to paint the portrait of the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean Verdier. Verdier was a significant figure in French politics and a staunch opponent of National Socialism. The portrait was intended as a gift for Austrian Cardinal Innitzer, aimed at strengthening the clerical alliance between Paris and Vienna in their opposition to political radicalization. In 1937, the painting was exhibited at the Jeu de Paume in Paris and later at the Grazer Secession. Due to various unfortunate circumstances, it was never presented to Cardinal Innitzer and remained in the possession of the artist. In 1948, it was destroyed in a fire at Wilhelm Thöny’s art storage in New York (cf. Steinle 2013, p. 262–273). Three studies for the portrait have survived, and the present one is likely the first concept, as it does not yet feature the iconic symbol of Notre Dame Cathedral. Instead, the painter focuses solely on the impressive figure of the cardinal, which he quickly sketches with a triad of yellow, white, and black, emerging shadowy from a blue background.
Dorotheum
Nov. 28, 2023
Wilhelm Thöny
Est: €12,000 - €18,000
(Graz 1888–1949 New York) Schloss mit roten Türmen / Castle with red towers, 1930s, signed W Thöny, watercolour on paper, 49 x 65 cm, framed Provenance: Private Collection, Upper Austria
Dorotheum
May. 22, 2023
WILHELM THÖNY (Graz 1888 - 1949 New York)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
WILHELM THÖNY (Graz 1888 - 1949 New York) Artist's wardrobe, around 1935 indian ink, washed/paper, 23 x 29,5 cm signed W. Thoeny, see Koschatzky 1963, p. 19 ESTIMATE € 2000 - 4000 STARTING PRICE € 2000 Austrian painter, graphic artist, etcher and illustrator of the 20th century, important representative of Austrian modernism. From 1908 to 1912 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Angelo Jank and Gabriel von Hackl. Also trained in singing and piano playing. Co-founder of the Munich Secession, lifelong acquaintance with Alfred Kubin. As a one-year volunteer in World War I, created portrait studies and illustrations as a regimental painter. 1923 Co-founder of the Graz Secession. 1925 Married Thea Herrmann-Trautner, daughter of the American painter Frank S. Herrmann, sister of the painter and caricaturist Eva Herrmann. 1929 first stay in Paris, lived in Paris from 1931 to 1938. 1938 emigration with his Jewish wife to New York. 1948 destruction of most of his works by fire in a stock in New York. Diverse themes and techniques, landscapes and especially cityscapes of large cities such as Paris and New York. Also the genre scenes show involvement with Advard Munch and August Macke. 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. 19, 2022
WILHELM THÖNY (Graz 1888 - 1949 New York)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
WILHELM THÖNY (Graz 1888 - 1949 New York) On the Roof, around 1937 indian ink, washed/paper, 22,5 x 29 cm signed W Thöny Provenance: private property Vienna ESTIMATE °€ 2.000 - 3.000 Austrian painter, graphic artist, etcher and illustrator of the 20th century, important representative of Austrian modernism. 1908 to 1912 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Angelo Jank and Gabriel von Hackl. Also training in singing and playing the piano. Co-founder of the Munich Secession, lifelong acquaintance with Alfred Kubin. As a one-year volunteer in World War I, he created portrait studies and illustrations as a regimental painter. 1923 co-founder of the Graz Secession. 1925 Marries Thea Herrmann-Trautner, daughter of the American painter Frank S. Herrmann, sister of the painter and caricaturist Eva Herrmann. 1929 first stay in Paris, lived in Paris from 1931 to 1938. 1938 Emigrated to New York with his Jewish wife. 1948 Destruction of most of his works in a fire in a warehouse in New York. Diverse themes and techniques, landscapes and above all cityscapes of large cities such as Paris and New York. The genre scenes also show engagement with Advard Munch and August Macke. Thöny pursues something profound in the ink drawing with the figure on the roof of a house, which is balancing here in the middle of a settlement that is only hinted at in a nightgown with a view into the distance. In the background, the moon rises above the middle ground, which Thöny sketches vaguely as a seascape. One could see a sleepwalker in the woman. Many myths and theories have formed around somnambulism throughout history. This is what the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, said in 1915: he linked somnambulism to the fulfillment of repressed sexual desires and at the same time proposed the theory that sleepwalkers want to return to where they slept as children. Equally likely, however, is the interpretation that the person looking longingly into the distance is a person desperately seeking exile, who now sees no way out on the edge of the roof and, as a farewell, one last look at the port of Sanary-sur-Mer as the final destination of their emigration. In the 1930s, the city on the French Mediterranean coast was a meeting place for numerous European intellectuals and artists, and Thöny also depicted it in several of his paintings. In the drawing, the sun sets in front of the suicidal woman. Thöny managed to escape. In 1938 he finally emigrated to New York with his Jewish wife Thea. 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
May. 19, 2022
WILHELM THÖNY (Graz 1888 - 1949 New York)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
WILHELM THÖNY (Graz 1888 - 1949 New York) The Young and the Eldery indian ink/paper, 21,7 x 28,4 cm signed W. Thöny Provenance: private property Vienna ESTIMATE € 2.000 - 3.000 Austrian painter, graphic artist, etcher and illustrator of the 20th century, important representative of Austrian modernism. 1908 to 1912 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Angelo Jank and Gabriel von Hackl. Also training in singing and playing the piano. Co-founder of the Munich Secession, lifelong acquaintance with Alfred Kubin. As a one-year volunteer in World War I, he created portrait studies and illustrations as a regimental painter. 1923 co-founder of the Graz Secession. 1925 Marries Thea Herrmann-Trautner, daughter of the American painter Frank S. Herrmann, sister of the painter and caricaturist Eva Herrmann. 1929 first stay in Paris, lived in Paris from 1931 to 1938. 1938 Emigrated to New York with his Jewish wife. 1948 Destruction of most of his works in a fire in a warehouse in New York. Diverse themes and techniques, landscapes and above all cityscapes of large cities such as Paris and New York. The genre scenes also show engagement with Advard Munch and August Macke. Wilhelm Thöny's caricature-like drawing titled "Jung und Alt" is one of many sketchy, light-handed works on paper by the artist, in which he gives us an insight into his understanding of humor, which is characterized by irony. The present scene does not necessarily have to have been intended as an allegory, but due to the ironic exaggeration of the depiction, this interpretation nevertheless suggests itself. The young woman with a short dress and a daring back neckline, with a cigarette deliberately casually balanced on her lower lip, looks down provocatively at the much smaller, plump woman, who routinely carries a basket in the crook of her arm, so is obviously more used to working than to smoking in a youthful, casual manner , and looks back rather grimly. What is meant here is not the simple comparison of the life phases young and old, which makes the inevitability of aging the subject of consideration, but the constant generational conflict, which is anything but a new topic. The complaint can already be read on a 5,000-year-old Sumerian clay tablet: "Young people no longer respect their age, deliberately appear unkempt, contemplate overthrow, show no willingness to learn and reject accepted values." Temporally closer to Thöny Kurt Tucholsky, writing in 1931: "The different ages of man mistake each other for different races: old people have usually forgotten that they were young, or they forget that they are old, and young people never realize that they can grow old. But it was only after the Second World War that the teenager, starting in the USA, became a subject who was actually acting and not just viewed with suspicion by the elderly. The main reason was by no means rock'n'roll, but the increasing commercialization and in this context the fact that modern marketing recognized teenagers as a target group. 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
Oct. 16, 2021
Thöny, Wilhelm
Est: €650 - €1,000
(1888 Graz - New York 1949). Sanary-sur-Mer. Skizzenhafte Bleistiftzeichnung a. getöntem Papier, (um 1935). Ca. 26 x 36 cm. Sign. u. betitelt oben re. Unter Passep. mont. - Am Rd. gebräunt, leicht fleckig. - Sketchy pencil drawing on toned paper. Signed, under passepartout. Margins browned, slightly stained. D
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
Jul. 15, 2021
Thöny, Wilhelm
Est: €150 - €200
Thöny, Wilhelm Graz, 1888 - New York, 1949 Buchformat: 23,5 x 17,5 x 1,5 cm "F. M. Dostojewski - Das junge Weib", 1918. Book with 6 etchings on handmade paper. In the imprint numbered 352/800. Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
Nagel Auction
Jul. 08, 2021
Wilhelm Thöny Galerie Lafayette, Paris
Est: €10,000 - €20,000
Wilhelm Thöny Galerie Lafayette, Paris c. 1936 pencil, watercolour on paper 30.5 x 22 cm private property, Styria 2013 Graz, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Wilhelm Thöny. Im Sog der Moderne, 24 May - 22 September
Im Kinsky
Jul. 08, 2021
Wilhelm Thöny Skizze zu "Die Schönen Künste"
Est: €1,500 - €3,000
Wilhelm Thöny Sketch for "Die Schönen Künste", (Triptych "Die Künste: Das Konzert") c. 1925 pencil on paper 19.5 x 23.5 cm (cut-out) private property, Styria cf.: Christa Steinle / Günther Holler-Schuster (ed.), Wilhelm Thöny. Im Sog der Moderne, exhibition catalogue Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 2013, cat.-no. 156, pl. 67, ill. p. 410
Im Kinsky
May. 29, 2021
Wilhelm Thöny (Graz 1888 – New York 1949)
Est: €1,500 - €1,950
Hochzeitstag;Tinte auf Papier, 22 x 17,5 cm, gerahmt Signiert
Bozner Kunstauktionen
Mar. 29, 2021
Wilhelm Thöny, Graz 1888 - 1949 New York, Portrait of a Chinese woman
Est: €25,000 - €35,000
WILHELM THÖNY Graz 1888 - 1949 New York Portrait of a Chinese woman Oil on canvas 61.2 x 50.3 cm (with frame 71.5 x 60.5 cm) signed b.l. The painting is documented in the WVZ of the Neue Galerie in Graz! Wilhelm Thöny Graz 1888 - 1949 New York Portrait einer Chinesin Öl auf Leinwand, 61,2 x 50,3 cm signiert u.l. Das Gemälde ist im WVZ der Neuen Galerie in Graz dokumentiert!
Tiberius Auctions
Dec. 17, 2020
Wilhelm Thöny; New York
Est: €8,000 - €15,000
Wilhelm Thöny (Graz 1888-1949 New York) New York, c. 1935 pencil on paper; 31.7 x 35.8 cm signed on the upper right: W. Thöny Provenance private collection, Vienna
Im Kinsky
Nov. 09, 2019
Thöny, Wilhelm
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
(Graz 1888-1949 New York), Acht Aquarelle und Zeichnungen. Ein Blatt sign., alle Arbeiten nicht bezeichnet und nicht dat. (um 1915-1930). Verschiedene Maße. - Unter Passepartout oder aufgelegt. (4) - Die Arbeiten liefern einen einzigartigen Querschnitt durch das Werk des österreichischen Künstlers, darunter Stadtansichten, ein Hafen, eine Zirkusveranstaltung sowie eine sehr düstere Zugszene.
Zisska & Lacher
Nov. 03, 2018
Wilhelm Thöny (1888-1949): The Drunkard
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Watercolor and gouache on brown paper, signed 'Thöny' upper right, inscribed 'BSVFFA' upper left, with a sketch and indistinctly inscribed on the reverse, with label from Room 5600 Rockefeller Center, NY.7 3/8 x 13 in. (sheet), 14 x 19 1/4 in. (frame).
STAIR
Sep. 21, 2015
Wilhelm Thöny, o. T.
Est: -
Wilhelm Thöny, o. T.
Ressler Kunst Auktionen GMBH, OstLicht
Jul. 24, 2011
WILHELM THÖNY (1888-1949), 'Paris 1956',
Est: £100 - £200
WILHELM THÖNY (1888-1949), 'Paris 1956', lithograph, 20cm x 28cm, signed in plate, framed.
Lots Road Auctions
Jun. 12, 2011
WILHELM THÖNY (1888-1949), 'Paris 1956',
Est: £100 - £200
WILHELM THÖNY (1888-1949), 'Paris 1956', lithograph, 20cm x 28cm, signed in plate, framed.
Lots Road Auctions
May. 18, 2011
Wilhelm Thöny
Est: €60,000 - €80,000
Wilhelm Thöny
Dorotheum
Jun. 04, 2010
Thöny, Wilhelm 1888 Graz - 1949 New York City Houses and gardens (Elberon).
Est: €2,200 - €2,500
Thöny, Wilhelm 1888 Graz - 1949 New York City Houses and gardens (Elberon). Coloured crayon over pencil drawing on vellum. 27 x 37cm. Signed upper right: W. Thöny. Framed. Verso with a pencil drawing depicting the view of a harbour, signed on the upper right: W. Thöny. Provenance: Galerie Welz, Salzburg (label).
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Nov. 28, 2009
Wilhelm Thöny PARIS, ASSEMBLEÉ NATIONALE
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Wilhelm Thöny PARIS, ASSEMBLEÉ NATIONALESigned and inscribed in pencil lower right: W. Thöny Paris. On the reverse sketch in pencil of the Palais du Trocadéro in Paris Brush and pen and India ink on paper
Grisebach
Jun. 06, 2009
Thöny, Wilhelm: Offizier
Est: €500 - €750
Thöny, Wilhelm: Offizier Offizier. Gouache und Kreide auf gelblichem Velin, collagiert. 35 x 15 cm. Unten rechts monogrammiert, verso unleserlich bezeichnet.
Bassenge Auctions
Feb. 28, 2007
Wilhelm Thony (Graz 1888-1949 New York) View over Marseille harbour, pen and ink on headed letter paper: H'tel Beauvau, Marseille, 18.5 x 135 cm, passepartout, (K) loan frame
Est: €1,100 - €1,700
Wilhelm Thony (Graz 1888-1949 New York) View over Marseille harbour, pen and ink on headed letter paper: H'tel Beauvau, Marseille, 18.5 x 135 cm, passepartout, (K) loan frame
Dorotheum