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Sep. 03, 2024
FRANZ LERCH (1895-1977), AUSTRIAN PAIN
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Franz Lerch (1895-1977), Austrian painter and representative of New Objectivity. Still life, oil on hardboard, signed and dated (19)74 upper right, 66 x 60 cm, framed 78 x 70 cm
Historia Auctionata
May. 28, 2024
FRANZ LERCH* (Vienna 1895 - 1977 New York)
Est: €150 - €300
FRANZ LERCH* (Vienna 1895 - 1977 New York) Beach scene pencil/paper, 35,5 x 43 cm signed F. Lerch handwritten notes by the artist; verso sketch of two figures ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Franz Lerch was born 1895 in Vienna. First he worked in an administration office of a building firm and then he served as a soldier in the First World War. In 1918 he began to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna at the classes of Alois Delug, Josef Jungwirth and Karl Sterrer. In 1927 Lerch became a member of the artists association Hagenbund and also of the Viennese Secession. In 1933 he married Steffi Kraus and travelled with her to Sicily. In the 1930s he made also study trips to Paris and the Netherlands. Because of the Jewish background of his wife they had to emigrate during the Nazi regime, they fled to Great Britain and then in the USA. Before the departure he destroyed a large part of his works. In New York Lerch worked for the design company Printex and painted only in his leisure time. Franz Lerch died in 1977 in New York. 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. 22, 2023
LERCH*, EHRLICH*, PHILIPPI*, LASKE, LUX, GUNSAM*, POTUZNIK*
Est: €800 - €1,600
FRANZ LERCH*, GEORG EHRLICH*, ROBERT PHILIPPI*, OSKAR LASKE, RICHARD LUX, KARL JOSEF GUNSAM*, HERIBERT POTUZNIK* Bundle of 10 works, Hagenbund 1 201-1 | Franz Lerch* (Vienna 1895 - 1977 New York) Scene at the beach pencil/paper, 35,5 x 42,6 cm signed F. Lerch, handwritten notes of the artist, verso sketch with two figures 201-2 | Georg Ehrlich* (Vienna 1897 - 1966 Lucerne) Portrait etching/paper, 37,1 x 34,4 cm signed Ehrlich, dated 22 201-3 | Robert Philippi* (Graz 1877 - 1959 Vienna) St. Sebastian woodcut/paper, 46 x 33 cm monogrammed in print RPH 201-4 | Oskar Laske (Czernowitz 1874 - 1951 Vienna) Through storm and danger etching/paper, 35 x 44,9 cm signed O.Laske (in the print), inscribed in the plate Durch Gewitter und Gefahren drawing N° 4 of the map Auf der Flucht nach Ägypten 201-5 | Oskar Laske (Czernowitz 1874 - 1951 Vienna) Napoli, Porta Capuana lithography/paper, 40 x 32,5 cm signed O. Laske, titled in print Napoli, Porta Capuana 201-6 | Oskar Laske (Czernowitz 1874 - 1951 Vienna) In front of the city gates etching/paper, 35 x 44,9 cm signed O.Laske (in the print), inscribed in the plate Vor dem Stadttor, drawing N° 7 of the map Auf der Flucht nach Ägypten 201-7 | Richard Lux (Vienna 1877 - 1939 Vienna) Mountain church etching/paper, 14,3 x 9,5 cm verso signature stamp Lux Richard and numbered 26 201-8 | Richard Lux (Vienna 1877 - 1939 Vienna) Statehouse court Klagenfurt etching/paper, 32,5 x 24,5 cm verso signature stamp Lux Richard and numbered and labelled 1 Klagenfurt Landhaushof 201-9 | Karl Josef Gunsam* (Vienna 1900 - 1972 Vienna) Mountains pencil/paper, 29,9 x 39,6 cm verso estate stamp K. Gunsam 201-10 | Heribert Potuznik* (Vienna 1910 - 1984 Mistelbach) Valentina etching/paper, 12,5 x 8,7 cm signed H. Potuznik, dated 69, labelled in print "Valentina Elsin aus Monaseino" ESTIMATE °€ 800 - 1600 STARTING PRICE °€ 800 Austrian painter, stage designer, poet, writer of the 20th century. Studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna with Alfred Roller, Oskar Strnad, Anton von Kenner and Adolf Michael Boehm. Went to World War I as a volunteer in 1914, returned as a pacifist. Friends with Franz Theodor Csokor and promoted by Arthur Roessler. Member of the Free Movement artists' group and from 1925 to 1938 a member of the Hagenbund. Lived in Passau for a while, together with Georg Philipp Wörlen, Reinhard Hilker, Fritz Fuhrken and Franz Bronstert in the artist group Der Fels. From 1922 married to the classical philologist Gertrude Herzog-Hauser. During World War II in exile in Switzerland, wife and son fled to the Netherlands. From 1947 again involved in cultural reconstruction in Vienna. Secretary General and Vice President of the P.E.N. Clubs, Honorary President of the New Hagenbund. Stylistic development from classical, academic training through early Expressionism to New Objectivity. Themes like love, death, eros, narrative representations, religious themes. From the mid-1960s, travels to Africa, increasingly African motifs. Portrait of the artist's mother: Maria Hauser, née Linke. 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
Apr. 18, 2023
Franz Lerch: "Häuser"
Est: €4,500 - €9,000
Franz Lerch "Häuser" c. 1928 oil on canvas; framed 39 x 49 cm inscribed on the reverse of the canvas: Franz Lerch, Häuser, ca. 1928, Öl/Lwd. / Gekauft aus dem Nachlass Franz Lerch, New York / im Jahre 1983 Michael Pabst stamp on the reverse of the stretcher Antiquariat und Kunsthandlung Michael Pabst, Wien acquired in 1983 from the estate of the artist; Antiquariat und Kunsthandlung Michael Pabst, Vienna; collection Rudolf Schmutz (1933-2017), Vienna
Im Kinsky
Dec. 13, 2022
Franz Lerch Austrian, 1895-1977 Nightscape
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Franz Lerch Austrian, 1895-1977 Nightscape Indistinctly signed (ll) Oil on canvas 30 x 32 inches (76.2 x 81.3 cm) Provenance: Vera and Leo Schonbach, New York, gift from the artist circa 1960s Michael Schonbach, by descent from the above Private collection, by descent C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 27, 2019
Lerch, Franz - Lying figure
Est: €700 - €1,000
Pen and Ink-pen on paper Upper right signed 13,3 x 16,1 framed
Lehner Kunstauktionen
May. 31, 2016
Franz Lerch (1895-1977)-attributed, Portrait of a
Est: €300 - €600
Franz Lerch (1895-1977)-attributed, Portrait of a young girl with violin, oil on board; framed; on the reverse old paper label with attribution to Franz Lerch.
Deutsch Auktionen
May. 15, 2013
Franz Lerch * (Wien 1895-1977 New York)
Est: €900 - €1,300
Franz Lerch * (Wien 1895-1977 New York) "Landschaft mit Häusern", rechts unten signiert F. Lerch, Aquarell-Gouache auf Papier, ca. 45 x 57 cm, Passepartout, verglast, gerahmt (CW) Ruf 450,
Dorotheum
Apr. 19, 2009
LERCH, Franz, (Austria, 1895-1977): Floral Still
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LERCH, Franz, (Austria, 1895-1977): Floral Still Life, OIL/Canvas, signed, oak frame.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Sep. 25, 2008
Franz Lerch (Wien 1895 1977 New York) Küste,
Est: €700 - €900
Franz Lerch (Wien 1895 1977 New York) Küste, signiert Lerch, Aquarell auf Papier, Passep.-Ausschnitt 48,7 x 60,5 cm, gerahmt, (K)
Dorotheum
Sep. 25, 2008
Franz Lerch (Wien 1895 1977 New York) Wald,
Est: €900 - €1,200
Franz Lerch (Wien 1895 1977 New York) Wald, signiert Lerch, Aquarell auf Papier, Passep.-Ausschnitt 59,2 x 47,7 cm, gerahmt, (K)
Dorotheum
Nov. 08, 2004
Franz Lerch (Vienna 1895 - 1977 New York) Father's Portrait (?), signed and dated F. Lerch
Est: €360 -
34, chalk on paper, Cropped and mounted 58 x 44.5 cm, framed, (K)
Dorotheum
Oct. 08, 2003
Franz Lerch
Est: $700 - $900
Austrian, 1895-1977 FLORAL STILL LIFE Signed F. Lerch (ll) Watercolor 22 x 15 inches
Doyle New York
Oct. 08, 2003
Franz Lerch
Est: $700 - $900
Austrian, 1895-1977 FLORAL STILL LIFE Signed F. Lerch (ll) Watercolor 22 x 15 inches
Doyle New York