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Carl Moll
(Wien 1861 - 1945 Wien)
„Allee in Schönbrunn“
1909/10
oil on panel; framed
35 x 35.5 cm
signed on the lower left: CMoll (carved)
with personal dedication on the reverse: seiner lieben Fritzi / Carl
Provenance
private property, Austria (according to the previous owner, acquired from his father directly from the artist's estate);
auction house im Kinsky, 15.11.2012, no. 887;
private property, Vienna
Literature
Cornelia Cabuk, Carl Moll. Monografie und Werkverzeichnis, Belvedere Werkverzeichnisse, vol. 11, Vienna 2020, GE 251, ill. p. 187
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Result: € 115.200 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.
Carl Moll picturesquely captures the atmosphere of a warm spring day in Vienna’s Schönbrunner Allee, filled with light and colour, in a square picture format. The viewer’s gaze is drawn into the depths of a bright clearing by the extreme vanishing perspective of the avenue of trees, while the horse-drawn carriage moves forward in the opposite direction. The sunlight filters through the luxuriant green canopy of tree foliage with a multilayered scattering of its rays, enlivening the park landscape with a shimmering interplay of light and shadow.
(Claudia Mörth-Gasser)