Lot 59: Richard Moser (Austrian, 1874-1924)

Wien I, Heiligenkreuzer-Hof: figures by a gateway, Vienna
signed and dated 'Richard Moser/1909.' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
25.5 x 18 cm.

The Heiligenkreuzer Hof is an inner courtyard in the first district of Vienna (Wien I), belonging to the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz. The courtyard is enclosed by Baroque buildings and contains the chapel of St. Bernhard of Clairvaux. The view of the present lot is from the south west into the courtyard. Nowadays the College of Applied Arts resides here.

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