OSWALD OBERHUBER* (Merano 1931 - 2020 Vienna)
OSWALD OBERHUBER* (Merano 1931 - 2020 Vienna)
The friend was too long, 1982
colored pencil/paper, 31 x 43 cm
signed Oberhuber, dated 82, inscribed Der Freundin war zu lange
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1600
STARTING PRICE € 800
Oswald Oberhuber was an Austrian painter, sculptor and graphic artist. His early work is attributed to the Informel. Oberhuber learned sculpture at the Bundesgewerbeschule Innsbruck from 1945 -1949. Subsequently, Oberhuber was a student of Fritz Wotruba at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Willi Baumeister at the Academy in Stuttgart. In 1972 Oberhuber represented Austria at the Venice Biennale. In 1964/65 he was artistic advisor to the Galerie nächst St. Stephan, which he took over from Otto Mauer in 1973 and directed until 1978. Oberhuber participated in documenta 6 in 1977 and documenta 7 in 1982. In 1973 he became a professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Oberhuber exhibited with object furniture, designs, drawings (1989) and painting (1992) twice in the gallery Vorsetzen. Oberhuber was married to the gallery owner Rosemarie Schwarzwälder. Awards: 1978 Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts; 1990 Tyrolean State Prize for Art; 1990 (?) Austrian State Prize; 2004 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art I. Class; 2016 Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art.
PLEASE NOTE:
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 °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographs 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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OSWALD OBERHUBER* (Merano 1931 - 2020 Vienna)
The friend was too long, 1982
colored pencil/paper, 31 x 43 cm
signed Oberhuber, dated 82, inscribed Der Freundin war zu lange
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1600
STARTING PRICE € 800
Oswald Oberhuber was an Austrian painter, sculptor and graphic artist. His early work is attributed to the Informel. Oberhuber learned sculpture at the Bundesgewerbeschule Innsbruck from 1945 -1949. Subsequently, Oberhuber was a student of Fritz Wotruba at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Willi Baumeister at the Academy in Stuttgart. In 1972 Oberhuber represented Austria at the Venice Biennale. In 1964/65 he was artistic advisor to the Galerie nächst St. Stephan, which he took over from Otto Mauer in 1973 and directed until 1978. Oberhuber participated in documenta 6 in 1977 and documenta 7 in 1982. In 1973 he became a professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Oberhuber exhibited with object furniture, designs, drawings (1989) and painting (1992) twice in the gallery Vorsetzen. Oberhuber was married to the gallery owner Rosemarie Schwarzwälder. Awards: 1978 Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts; 1990 Tyrolean State Prize for Art; 1990 (?) Austrian State Prize; 2004 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art I. Class; 2016 Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art.
PLEASE NOTE:
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 °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographs 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
