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Modern & Contemporary Art - Auction ends: September 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm

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Gottfried Mairwöger - Oil on canvas
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Gottfried Mairwöger
Phaedros, 1982
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 7,500
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
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5
Gottfried Mairwöger
Phaedros, 1982
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 7,500
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
End: 09-15-26 15:02:00 Berlin
09-15-26 09:02:00 New York
09-15-26 06:02:00 Los Angeles (30 days, 03h:41m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
Nonstandard size: shipping on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Gottfried Mairwöger
1951 - 2003
Phaedros. 1982.
Oil on canvas.
153 x 126.5 cm (60.2 x 49.8 in). [AW].

• A work characterized by dynamic gestures and a mysterious, intense radiance.
• Gottfried Mairwöger is one of the most important figures in abstract painting in Austria.
• Similar to Helen Frankenthaler, he used heavily thinned oil paints in the 1980s to create opulent color fields and streams of color.
• The artist’s works are at, among others, the Albertina in Vienna, the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Ulysses, Vienna (gallery label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Private collection, Munich (acquired from the above in 1984).

Condition: In good condition, with vivid colors. Shows signs of rubbing, particularly in the lower left portion of the painting, some of which have resulted in color loss. There is a scratch mark in the upper left part of the painting, likely caused during production. A linear irregularity runs horizontally across the center of the canvas, likely caused during production. The lower right corner has two small, spot-like deposits.
The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.