Lot 44
"Alpine farmsteads", attributed to Josef Stoitzner (Vienna 1884–1951 Bramberg im Pinzgau)
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Description
Colour woodcut on Japan paper. The supporting card below the sheet bears the inscription “Josef Stoitzner” in pencil at lower right. To the reverse of the mount, an applied paper strip inscribed in pencil “Burghausen a. Salzach.” and “Seiner l. Klara zum Geburtstage 1921; 16./6.”; below, a name, probably “Maximilian Liebenwein”, and a further inscription not securely legible. An ascending path between grassy slopes and Alpine timber buildings, with a mountain range beneath a cloudy sky in the background. Sheet with irregular edges and cockling along the lower edge; isolated small brown stains, particularly in the lighter areas. Frame with abrasions and losses. Sheet 18.8 × 23.0 cm, frame 37.2 × 46.2 cm. Stoitzner exhibited with the Vienna Secession; the Albertina holds several of his colour woodcuts dating from the early decades of the 20th century.353547
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