Aug 04, 2022 - Sale 2612

Sale 2612 - Lot 26

Price Realized: $ 488
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

KURT LIBESNY (1892-1933)

8 • KRIEGSANLEIHE. 1918.


36 3/4x24 1/2 inches, 93 1/2x62 1/4 cm. J. Weiner, Vienna.
Condition A-: small creases and abrasions in margins and image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.

The image depicts Austrian and German soldiers (recognizable by their different boots) opening the door to peace. "Peace alone was considered a state of paradise. Nobodycould really imagine what this would actually look like" (Eybl p. 186.) Eybl p. 186.