A New Record for Carl Moll

Published on 04 March 2021, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

Auction on 23 February 2021 - 17:00 (EST) - 2400, Market Street - 19103 Philadelphie

On February 23, at Freeman’s Auction, the virtual hammer struck after ten minutes of bidding: this rare masterpiece by the Viennese artist Carl Moll (1861-1945), estimated at between $300,000 and $500,000, was sold to a private American individual. Its price: $4.8 million, a new record for both the artist and the auction...

On February 23, at Freeman’s Auction, the virtual hammer struck after ten minutes of bidding: this rare masterpiece by the Viennese artist Carl Moll (1861-1945),…

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Tableaux anciens, tableaux du XIXe

Tuesday 23 February 2021 - 17:00 (EST)

2400, Market Street - 19103 Philadelphie, États-Unis

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A Rediscovered Masterpiece by Carl Moll

This long-lost painting by Vienna Secession artist Carl Moll has been in the same collection for over a century—probably since 1908. It depicts the influential Austrian art critic Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps in her Josef-Hoffmann-designed interior.