A Rediscovered Masterpiece by Carl Moll

Published on 19 February 2021, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

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

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.

Carl Moll (1861-1945), Weißes Interieur (White Interior), 1905, oil on canvas, 99.7... A Rediscovered Masterpiece by Carl Moll

Carl Moll (1861-1945), Weißes Interieur (White Interior), 1905, oil on canvas, 99.7 x 99.7 cm (39.25 x 39.25 in).
Estimate: $300,000/500,000

The recently rediscovered work has never been on the market: the only record until now was a photograph taken at the 1908 Vienna Kunstschau alongside Gustav Klimt’s iconic The Kiss (Belvedere Museum). It may have been bought at the end of the exhibition…

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