THÉO BRAUN* (Czechia 1922 - 2006 Brunn am Gebirge) Abstract composition, 1966 iron etching/paper 39,5 x 39,7 cm signed Th Braun, dated 66 inscribed and numbered, "Eisenätzung 2/50" ESTIMATE °€ 60 - € 100 STARTING PRICE € 60 Theo Braun (1922-2006) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist who was born in Karbitz and studied in Vienna. After early years of study in Dresden, a war-related stay in Vienna and subsequent teaching at the Vienna University of Technology, Braun lived in Brunn am Gebirge from 1965 onwards. He worked in both abstract and representational styles and is best known for his iron etchings. Braun exhibited internationally, including at documenta 2 and the São Paulo Biennial, and received the Lower Austria Culture Prize for Fine Arts in 1976. Further artists and styles: Robert Adrian X, Friedrich Danielis, Georg Chaimowicz, etching, iron etching, Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Georges Braque 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 photographys 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.