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Auction 12 · Lot 315
Theodor Herzl. Three-quater length portrait in profile; in his study seated at desk with copies of “Die Welt”.
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- $5,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
HAGAMAN, I.
Place
Vienna, 1903.
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated by artist lower left. Framed
summary
Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), the Elder Statesman of the Zionist Movement, lived in Vienna from 1878 until his death in 1904. He founded the weekly “Die Welt” for the dissemination of the Zionist idea and the first issue appeared on June 4th, 1897. Herzl was the first editor in chief. He sat for this portrait in his Vienna study in the year before his premature death in 1904.
620x870mm.
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