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Carl Moll

1861 – Vienna – 1945

Death mask of Gustav Mahler (1860–1911). 1911

Plaster. 27 x 19 x 19 cm (10 ⅝ x 7 ½ x 7 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Carl Moll. Death mask of Gustav Mahler (1860–1911). 1911.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 8,220

 

- 10,960

Sold for:

7,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

ORANGERIE, Thursday, 29.05.2014

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Plaster. 27 x 19 x 19 cm (10 ⅝ x 7 ½ x 7 ½ in.).

Comparable objects: death masks in the Vienna Museum, Gustav-Mahler-Gesellschaft, Vienna (each with large neck area, allegedly shaped by Anton Sandig) / Médiathèque Musicale Mahler, Paris (this from the collection of Alfred Roller and with a short neck).

From the collection of Helene Pührmayer, editor at the 1923-founded Zsolnay-Verlag (there in contact Anna Mahler-Zsolnay (1904–1988), the daughter of the composer) / her sister Friederike Stojan, born Pührmayer (died 1981) / thence by descent to the present owner, Austria

Carl Moll: Mein Leben, Vienna 1943, p.170ff. / Alfred Roller: Die Bildnisse von Gustav Mahler, Leipzig 1921, p. 27

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