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408 - Ernst Skrička*
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Estimate €150 - €300
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Ernst Skrička* (Vienna 1946 – 2020 Vienna) Prometheus, 1973 Indian ink on paper, 58 x 72.5 cm signed Ernst Skricka, dated 73 ESTIMATE €150 – €300 STARTING PRICE €150 Ernst Skricka was an Austrian graphic artist and painter of the post-war modernist movement who focused on anthropomorphic deformations, conflicts of consciousness, and large-format prints. Born in Vienna in 1946, he studied graphic art and painting under Maximilian Melcher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1964 to 1970, whilst also studying history, art history and philosophy at the University of Vienna. In 1972, he founded a printmaking studio in Vienna with Erich Steininger; in 1977, he received the Austrian State Promotion Prize and the Lower Austria Culture Prize; from 1970 onwards, he took part in exhibitions in Salzburg, Linz and Basel; he taught art, and in 1990 he retired to the Waldviertel region. Skricka created etchings and large-format colour lithographs such as ‘Dies irae’ (385 x 165 cm), featuring deformed bodies, hollowed-out torsos, hermaphroditic creatures and expressive hands that contrast shell and core, body and soul; these works have a three-dimensional effect due to strong contrasts of light and shadow and are influenced by sculptors’ drawings and graphic precision; mixed-media works exploring internal and external constraints and soul-like hybrid creatures. Further artists and styles: Maximilian Melcher, Erich Steininger, printmaking, post-war modernism, post-war art 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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