Lot 95: Egge Sturm-Skrla (Komorn, Hungary, 1894-1943

Egge Sturm-Skrla (Komorn, Hungary, 1894-1943 Vienna) "Sleeper", signed and dated E. Sturm Sk.1941, oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, the paint flaking, framed, (K)With a paper label on the reverse: Künstlerhaus Wien, 1941/288 Information supplied by Prof. Dr. Wladimir Aichlburg, Künstlerhaus Archive: ... under No. 288, the book of arrivals of the Vienna Künstlerhaus for 1941 lists the following painting: oil, Sturm-Skrla E., "Schlafende", sold for 1200 RM, collected on 13 June 1941. The painting had been submitted for the Spring Exhibition, but was not exhibited. Another work by that artist, who had supplied an entire selection, was admitted.