Auction House

Auction: Modern Art

03. December 2024, 4:30 pm

Object overview
Object

2557

Helene Funke*

(Chemnitz 1869 - 1957 Wien)

„Breton girl“
1906-1913
oil on canvas; framed
90 x 70 cm
signed on the lower right: He. Funke

Provenance

art dealer Frank Uhlig, Vienna;
acquired from the above in 1957, Mrs. N. Waynhouse, Vienna;
acquired by the latter in 1961, since then in family property, private property, USA

Literature

cf.: Peter Funke, Die Malerin Helene Funke 1869-1957, Vienna/Cologne/Weimar 2011, ill. p. 144 (Kostüm), ill. p. 145 ("Bretonische Bäuerinnen", 1918-1919) as well as ill. p. 146 ("Trachtenmädchen")

Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
Realized price: € 19.800 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.