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ALFRED KUBIN* (Leitmeritz 1877 - 1959 Wernstein am Inn)

Bundle of 12 lithographs

Resting woman
lithograph/paper 19 x 12,5 cm
monogrammed in plate AK

Hiker
lithograph/paper 19 x 12,2 cm
monogrammed in plate AK

Ghost
lithograph/paper 20,2 x 13,2 cm
labelled on the passepartout Orig. Lith. A. Kubin

Agathe
lithograph/paper 19,2 x 12,2 cm
inscribed in plate Agathe

Baby, 1951
lithograph/paper 19,5 x 12 cm
monogrammed and dated in plate AK 51

Fisherman
lithograph/paper 19,2 x 12 cm

Junta
lithograph/paper 19,5 x 125 cm
inscribed in plate Junta

Kristine
lithograph/paper 24,9 x 18,6 cm
inscribed and monogrammed in plate Kristine AK

Male figure
lithograph/paper 19,5 x 12,5 cm
monogrammed in plate AK

Horses
lithograph/paper 20 x 13 cm
labelled on the passepartout Orig. Lith. A. Kubin

Portrait
lithograph/paper 19 x 11,7 cm
monogrammed in plate AK

Giantess and soldier
lithograph/paper 20,2 x 13 cm
labelled on the passepartout Orig. Lith. A. Kubin

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 300 - 600
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 300

Alfred Kubin as an Austrian graphic artist and writer. In 1898 Kubin went to Munich, studied at the academy with Nikolaus Gysis and continued his education autodidactically. His encounter with the works of Ensor, Klinger, Munch and Redon was decisive. In 1902 Kubin had his first exhibition in Berlin. The poet Max Dauthendey and the collector and publisher Hans von Weber became important patrons. The publication of the Weber-Mappe in 1903 brought the breakthrough. In 1904 Kubin was represented at the Secession exhibition. He met Fritz von Herzmanovsky, with whom he had a lifelong friendship, and established contacts with important Expressionist artists. In 1910, the banned scandalous play "Das Liebeskonzil", by the psychiatrist and writer Oskar Panizza (1894), inspired Kubin to illustrate the drama for an edition of the "Gesellschaft der Münchner Bibliophilen." In 1912, he began working for the newly founded "Simplicissimus". During World War I, Kubin occupied himself with psychoanalysis and philosophy. In 1921 he had his first retrospective. He produced lithographs and was also active in literature. Works in magazines and illustrations for literary figures followed. In 1909, he founded the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (N.K.V.M.) together with Wassily Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Adolf Erbslöh, Gabriele Münter, Marianne von Werefkin, Karl Hofer, and others. In 1911, the N.K.V.M. gave rise to the editorial team of the Blauer Reiter, in whose second exhibition, which included only graphic works, Kubin participated in 1912. He illustrated some 60 books, including works by Dostoevsky, Oskar Panizza, Edgar Allan Poe and Elias Canetti Kubin corresponded with Karl Rössing, Hermann Hesse, Hans Fronius and Otto Coester. In the 1920s, on the occasion of literary evenings, he frequented the home of Otto Bamberger, an entrepreneur, art collector and Bauhaus supporter who was a friend of his and who also acquired graphic works by Kubin. From 1930 Kubin was a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 1949, he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Kubin was also a member of the Prague Secession. In 1931 Kubin produced the stage design for Richard Billinger's drama "Rauhnacht" at its premiere in 1931 at the Munich Kammerspiele, directed by Otto Falckenberg. During the National Socialist era, 63 of his works were defamed as "degenerate art" and confiscated. The design of his grave site was created by the sculptor Karl Prantl. In 1955, Kubin bequeathed his estate to the Republic of Austria. After his death, his estate was divided between the Albertina and the Upper Austrian State Museum. Alfred Kubin was a cousin of the art historian Otto Kletzl. Further artists and styles: Print, graphics, ink, tempera, Sigmund Freud, surrealism, horror, romanticism, mythology, lithography, psychology, subconsciousness, Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, Josef Hoffmann, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Matthias Herrmann, Lois Pregartbauer, Rudolf von Alt, Oskar Kokoschka, Albin Egger-Lienz, Koloman Moser, Richard Gerstl, Broncia Koller-Pinell, Anton Mahringer, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Karl Revy, Egon Schiele, Wolfgang Hutter, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Edgar Jené, Arik Brauer, Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner und seine Tochter Xenia Hausner, Anton Lehmden, Franz Radziwill

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The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items.
The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.