Lot 68
  • 68

Joseph Floch

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Joseph Floch
  • Knabenbildnis
  • Signed Floch (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 19 5/8 by 17 3/4 in.
  • 49.8 by 45 cm
  • Painted in 1928.
See note to lot 41.

Provenance

Peretz Hirshbein
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Hans Tietze, Zu den Bildern von J. Floch, in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, June 1928, illustrated p. 149
Karl Pallauf, Joseph Floch, Leben und Werk, 1894-1977, Vienna, 2000, no. 130, illustrated p. 155

Condition

The medium is oil on canvas. The canvas is not lined. The work is in good overall condition. There are some areas where the work is lightly painted with the canvas showing through, there are also some scattered very small losses throughout. There is no inpainting when viewed under UV light. The work presents well.
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