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Estimate €800 - €1,600
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Karl Perl* (Liezen 1876 – 1965 Vienna) Equilibrist metal 37 x 19 x 15 cm signed K. Perl mounted on a stone plinth ESTIMATE €800 – €1,600 STARTING PRICE €800 Karl Perl was an Austrian sculptor and medallist. He was born into a wealthy family at Grafenegg Castle near Liezen and, following his father’s death, moved to Vienna with his brothers. After training at the Woodworking School in Walachisch-Meseritsch and the School of Applied Arts in Graz, he studied sculpture at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1896 under Edmund von Hellmer, Caspar von Zumbusch and Carl Kundmann. Perl received several awards, including the Preleuthner Prize in 1902 and, later, further honours for his sculptural works and medals. In 1912, he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus; later, he was awarded, amongst other things, the Anton Wedl Promotion Prize and, in 1946, the Künstlerhaus’s ‘Golden Laurel’. Further artists and styles: Edmund von Hellmer, Caspar von Zumbusch, Carl Kundmann, Victor Tilgner, Hermann Klotz, Artur von Dombrowski 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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About the sale Modern Art
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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