Auction 293: Contemporary Art | Part II | 5 December 2019
August Walla

Letters to the caretaker Anna Stückler

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August Walla
1936 Klosterneuburg – Gugging 2001
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Assorted lot of 9 letters, 6 envelopes, and 2 postcards. Ballpoint pen, pencil, and coloured pencil on letter paper and photographic paper (1), card (2), and a postcard (1). C. 1983-94. Up to c. 29.5 x 21 cm. Signed and partly dated. 2 letters with pictorial motifs: “Götting Maria” and “Green heart with three gold crosses” (coloured pencil and felt-tip over ballpoint pen). 1 letter with a photograph showing the artist, Dr. Leo Navratil, and others on the reverse.

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Provenienz:
Privatsammlung, Österreich.

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2 Briefe mit bildlichen Darstellungen: “Götting Maria” und “Grünes Herz mit drei goldenen Kreuzen” (Bunt- und Filzstift über Kugelschreiber). 1 Brief auf der Rückseite einer Fotografie, die den Künstler, Dr. Leo Navratil u.a. zeigt. Anna Stückler betreute zuletzt in Klosterneuburg-Kierling das Haus Hauptstraße 187, das ehemalige Sanatorium Hoffmann, sowie die Besucher der Etage. – Mit überwiegend leichten Gebrauch- und Knickspuren, Briefe mit horizontalem und vertikalem Falz, Briefumschläge an den Kanten teils mit braunem, medizinischem Klebeband sowie teils mit kleineren Papierfehlstellen, insgesamt in guter Erhaltung.

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Contemporary art

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