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Modern Art at Auction House im Kinsky, Vienna

Modern Art at im Kinsky Auction House, Vienna

The Modern Art department at im Kinsky, located in Vienna, Austria, offers outstanding works with strong art-historical significance and market value. Our range spans the Vienna Secession, Expressionism, New Objectivity, and Post-war Modernism.

The pluralism of styles and the rapid development of modern art make it particularly interesting for collectors. Every year, world records make for exciting auctions and positive press reports. Works by artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser, and Werner Berg are a guarantee for high prices and great successes.

In choosing our offerings, we are committed to meeting the high quality standards of our clientele. We approach the acquisition of rare artworks that are fresh on the market as an incentive and challenge.

Three times a year, we offer important works of international modern art at our auctions, but our special focus is undoubtedly on the Viennese Modern Age, represented by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka. Another emphasis is on Austrian artists of the New Objectivity school, and we achieve top prices for works by Franz Sedlacek and Rudolf Wacker. Tyrolean Modernism, represented especially by Alfons Walde and Albin Egger-Lienz, is another of our core offerings.

Our expertise is based on long years of experience, profound professional knowledge, and intensive research. We work closely with other experts from Austria and abroad as well as with institutions and naturally take into consideration the latest research findings in order to maintain our high quality standards.

No less important to us is keeping our customers informed about the latest developments in the auction market in a dependable and comprehensible manner. With our knowledge of the market situation and our international network, we are superbly equipped to work with you to determine the best possible sales strategy for your work.

 

What Makes Modern Art at im Kinsky Special

  • Strong Austrian modern art  – featuring names such as Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, Kolo Moser, Egon Schiele.
  • Record auction results – consistent high hammer prices and outstanding sales for modern works, especially Austrian pieces. 
  • Rare, market-fresh works – our specialists regularly acquire uncommon paintings, drawings, and one-of-a-kind pieces. 
  • Regional richness – from Tyrolean Modernism (Alfons Walde, Albin Egger-Lienz) to Carinthian artists like Werner Berg – strong focus on local artistic heritage.

 

How to Participate as a Consignor

  • Send us an estimate request or give us a call.
  • Take advantage of our free, non-binding art consultation
  • Benefit from our expertise!

 

How to Participate as a Buyer

  • Preview exhibitions in Vienna to see the works in person.
  • Use the online catalogue to research objects, estimates and reserve prices.
  • Bidding methods: in person, written bids, telephone or online.
  • Receive advice from our experts on provenance, condition and market valuation.

 

FAQ – Modern Art at im Kinsky

Question Answer
What does im Kinsky mean by ‘modern art’? For us, modern art encompasses the period from Viennese modernism and expressionism to new objectivity and post-war modernism, with a particular focus on the work of important Austrian artists.
Which artists are often featured? Works by Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, Egon Schiele, Rudolf Wacker and Werner Berg frequently appear.
How much does art consultancy cost?  Initial contact, valuation enquiries and consultations are free of charge and non-binding.
How can I bid? You can bid in the auction room, with a written bid, with a telephone bid or online.
How is shipping handled? After hammer, we coordinate shipping & insurance. Export rules may apply for international buyers.

 

Current catalogues

Top auction results

  • 1603

    Fritz Wotruba*

    Liegende Figur, "Die Woge", 1966

    Estimate: € 25.000 - 40.000
    Realized price: € 37.520 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 28.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1501

    Alfons Walde*

    Bauernhof im Herbst, c. 1924

    Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
    Realized price: € 40.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 30.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1504

    Alfons Walde*

    Standing Nude, c. 1925

    Estimate: € 10.000 - 20.000
    Realized price: € 18.760 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 14.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1505

    Alfons Walde*

    Badende am Schwarzsee, c. 1930

    Estimate: € 7.000 - 14.000
    Realized price: € 40.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 30.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1531

    Carl Fahringer

    Eine Vision des Propheten Mohammed, 1911

    Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
    Realized price: € 65.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 50.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1502

    Alfons Walde*

    Reclining Nude with Crossed Legs, c. 1919

    Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
    Realized price: € 71.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 53.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1615

    Max Weiler*

    Stehende Form, 1957

    Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
    Realized price: € 50.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 37.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1554

    Artur Nikodem

    Sistrans im Winter, 1914

    Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
    Realized price: € 42.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 32.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1511

    Alfons Walde*

    Die Godl (Palmbretzen), 1912

    Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
    Realized price: € 167.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 125.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1605

    Fritz Wotruba*

    Kleine stehende Figur, 1961

    Estimate: € 20.000 - 40.000
    Realized price: € 34.840 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 26.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1512

    Alfons Walde*

    Portrait of a Lady, 1918

    Estimate: € 10.000 - 20.000
    Realized price: € 47.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 35.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1523

    Koloman Moser

    Drei weibliche Akte in Landschaft (Drei Grazien), 1914

    Estimate: € 350.000 - 700.000
    Realized price: € 572.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 440.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1540

    Franz Sedlacek

    Das Mondkalb II, 1936

    Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
    Realized price: € 36.500 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 28.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1539

    Franz Sedlacek

    Lied in der Dämmerung, 1936

    Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
    Realized price: € 71.500 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 55.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 1538

    Franz Sedlacek

    Flucht nach Ägypten (3. Fassung), 1933

    Estimate: € 100.000 - 200.000
    Realized price: € 175.500 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 135.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2020

    Rudolf Wacker

    Stillleben mit zwei nackten Puppen (Schachteln, Ball, Bausteine), 1926

    Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
    Realized price: € 91.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 70.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2040

    Leo Putz

    Im Schleißheimer Park, c. 1906

    Estimate: € 80.000 - 160.000
    Realized price: € 156.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 120.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2087

    Norbertine Bresslern-Roth*

    Melonenhändler, 1928

    Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
    Realized price: € 67.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 50.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2115

    Herbert Boeckl*

    Ansicht von Nikolsburg I, 1945

    Estimate: € 150.000 - 250.000
    Realized price: € 247.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 185.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2003

    Carl Moll

    Heustadlwasser im Prater, 1931

    Estimate: € 70.000 - 140.000
    Realized price: € 195.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 150.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2067

    Josef Floch*

    Waiting nudes in front of a curtain, 1928

    Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
    Realized price: € 80.300 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 60.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2215

    Ernst Fuchs*

    Christ before Pilate, 1956

    Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
    Realized price: € 93.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 70.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2019

    Rudolf Wacker

    Herbststrauß und Christus, 1936

    Estimate: € 150.000 - 300.000
    Realized price: € 247.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 190.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 2007

    Oskar Laske

    Crucifixion, February 1926

    Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
    Realized price: € 65.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 50.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 4001

    Carl Moll

    Venice, View of San Giorgio Maggiore, c. 1922

    Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
    Realized price: € 145.840 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 100.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 4009

    Werner Berg*

    Sursum corda, 1976

    Estimate: € 100.000 - 200.000
    Realized price: € 210.100 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 160.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0015

    Gustav Klimt

    Half Nude Sitting Upright, 1910

    Estimate: € 150.000 - 250.000
    Realized price: € 300.800 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 235.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0019

    Gustav Klimt

    Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, 1917

    Result: € 30.000.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0302

    Norbertine Bresslern-Roth*

    Blasser Mond, 1971

    Estimate: € 40.000 - 80.000
    Realized price: € 111.850 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 85.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0003

    Egon Schiele

    Bäuerinnen, 1910

    Estimate: € 150.000 - 300.000
    Realized price: € 256.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 200.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0013

    Carl Moll

    Garten im Frühling auf der Hohen Warte, 1903

    Estimate: € 250.000 - 500.000
    Realized price: € 486.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 380.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0004

    Alfons Walde*

    Tiroler Winter, 1945

    Estimate: € 100.000 - 200.000
    Realized price: € 210.100 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 160.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0025

    Werner Berg*

    Heimwärts nach dem Wiesenmarkt, 1963

    Estimate: € 80.000 - 160.000
    Realized price: € 144.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 110.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0155

    Rudolf Wacker

    Bodenseelandschaft, 1928

    Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
    Realized price: € 89.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 70.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0131

    Norbertine Bresslern-Roth*

    Zebras, 1910

    Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
    Realized price: € 40.920 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 31.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0139

    Oskar Mulley

    Berghof, c. 1930

    Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
    Realized price: € 64.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 50.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0113

    Gustav Klimt

    Study for "Irrlichter" (recto) and for "Hygieia" (verso), 1900/01 resp. 1899/1900

    Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
    Realized price: € 32.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 25.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 0153

    Rudolf Wacker

    Bodenseelandschaft (Bilgeri-Bach im Frühling), 1927

    Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
    Realized price: € 102.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 80.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 4010

    Henri Lebasque

    Jeune femme assise dans l'herbe, c. 1906-10

    Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
    Realized price: € 89.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 70.000
    Auction is closed.

  • 4004

    Carl Moll

    Bad Hall in Upper Austria, c. 1936

    Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
    Realized price: € 140.800 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Hammer Price: € 110.000
    Auction is closed.

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Specialists

Mag. Claudia Mörth-Gasser
Head of department
+43 1 532 42 00-14
moerth-gasser@imkinsky.com

Barbara Berger, BA
+43 1 532 42 00-43
berger@imkinsky.com

Assistant

Valerie Pauß, BA BA
+43 1 532 42 00 26
pauss@imkinsky.com