Lot 3 
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Wilhelm Thöny
Avenue des Invalides, 1931.
Watercolour
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050 Sold:
€ 43,920 / $ 46,994 (incl. surcharge)
Watercolor
With estate stamp on verso (not in Lugt). On laid paper. 49,5 x 43,5 cm (19,4 x 17,1 in), the full sheet
With sunning as well as faint discolored spot.
Accompanied by a photo expertise by Thea Thöny, Vienna, May 1974.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
The delicate watercolors by Wilhelm Thöny are of a light-flooded transparency that is unmatched. The topographic is just hinted at and remains behind the watercolor‘s lucid blaze of color. As the sheet’s perspective is geared at a central axis, the playful world of color forms is tamed. [KD].
With estate stamp on verso (not in Lugt). On laid paper. 49,5 x 43,5 cm (19,4 x 17,1 in), the full sheet
With sunning as well as faint discolored spot.
Accompanied by a photo expertise by Thea Thöny, Vienna, May 1974.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
The delicate watercolors by Wilhelm Thöny are of a light-flooded transparency that is unmatched. The topographic is just hinted at and remains behind the watercolor‘s lucid blaze of color. As the sheet’s perspective is geared at a central axis, the playful world of color forms is tamed. [KD].
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Wilhelm Thöny
Avenue des Invalides, 1931.
Watercolour
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050 Sold:
€ 43,920 / $ 46,994 (incl. surcharge)