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Lot 139: The dancer Grete Wiesenthal with her son and sister

Est: $8,000 USD - $12,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 13, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Erwin Lang (AUSTRIAN, 1886-1962)
The dancer Grete Wiesenthal with her son and sister
oil on canvas
79 x 71¼ in. (200.7 x 181 cm.)
Painted in 1911.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Vienna, Hagenbund, 1911.
New York, Shepherd Gallery, Munich Jugendstil & Vienna Secession , Winter 1982-83, illustrated.

Notes

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR


The artist was a scene designer in Vienna and Berlin. His wife, Grete Wiesenthal, was a modern dancer and choreographer. Other artists who showed their work at the Hagenbund exhibition were Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele.

Auction Details

The House Sale

by
Christie's
December 13, 2007, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US