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portrait of a young girl holding a doll and a doll in her armsa painting of a young girl holding a baby in her armsan old wooden frame with a piece of fabric hanging from it ' s side
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Viktor Planckh (Troppau 1904 – 1941 Athens) Girl with a doll, 1940 oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm signed V. Planckh, dated 40 featured in *Viktor Planckh: New Objectivity* (2019), p. 15 ESTIMATE €1,600 – €2,600 STARTING PRICE €1,600 The Austrian painter, sculptor and graphic artist Viktor Planckh created figure paintings, portraits and landscapes in clear, simple forms, closely associated with New Objectivity. As a sculptor, he also worked in bronze and terracotta; he was also active as a fresco painter. From 1921 to 1926, Planckh studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Franz Cizek, Adolf Böhm, Erich Mallina, Viktor Schufinsky, Anton Josef Ritter von Kenner and Bertold Löffler. In 1927, Planckh was awarded a Czechoslovak travel scholarship and travelled to Italy (Rome, Florence, Naples and Palermo). From 1927 to 1938, he was a member of the Hagenbund. In 1926, he travelled to Paris, and in 1929 to Budapest, Belgrade, Athens and Thessaloniki. In 1933, Planckh married an American and subsequently travelled to the United States, where he took part in exhibitions. In 1935, he took part in group exhibitions at the Boyer Gallery in Philadelphia and the Weyhe Gallery in New York. In 1936, he was in Moscow. In 1939, he briefly shared a studio in Vienna with Karl Stemolak. In 1941, Planckh was conscripted into the army and subsequently sent to Greece, where he fell ill and died. Planckh’s works are held in the following collections: the Belvedere, Vienna; the Albertina, Vienna; and the Museum of the City of Vienna/WienMuseum. Further artists and styles: Hagenbund, New Objectivity, portrait, landscape, nude, fresco, Victor Schufinsky, Adolf Böhm, Franz Cizek, Karl Stemolak 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 statutory 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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