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four drawings of cathedrals and trees in black and whitean image of a black and white drawing of a cathedrala man that is standing on a surfboard in the wateran ink drawing of a cathedral with a fountain in front of itan ink drawing of a cathedral with a clock tower in the backgrounda cat that is sitting on a bed in the rooman image of a black and white drawing of a buildinga cat that is sitting on a chair in the room
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Paul Eliasberg* (Munich 1907 – 1983 Hamburg) Set of 3 views of cathedrals etching on paper, c. 35 x 25 cm signed Eliasberg; 2 of them numbered 5/80 ESTIMATE °€ 100 – € 150 STARTING PRICE °€ 100 German painter and graphic artist of the 20th century. Born in Munich in 1907, the son of the translator Alexander Eliasberg, he studied commercial art in Berlin from 1924 to 1925 and in Paris from 1926 to 1930 under Roger Bissière at the Académie Ranson. After his family were expelled in 1923 and he served in the Resistance in southern France during the war, he obtained French citizenship in 1947, lived in Paris and travelled to Israel, Spain and Greece. Working as a freelancer from 1958 onwards, Eliasberg produced fine etchings, watercolours and drawings depicting abstract landscapes and architectural visions; from 1966 to 1970 he was a lecturer at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, and held exhibitions in Bremen, Hanover and at documenta 6 (1977). Related artists and terms: Alexander Eliasberg, Roger Bissière, Jeanne Gedon, Erich Arendt, Städelschule Frankfurt, Académie Ranson, Resistance art, trips to Greece, etching, watercolour, abstract landscape, documenta 6, Kunstmuseum Bayreuth PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee. The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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