Building of the Tauern tunnel, 1908
Restitution status: Heirs being sought
Categories: Prints / Further forms of graphic art
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
70.419
Description
Mezzotint. In the bottom centre: 'Maschineller Vortrieb des Sohlstollens im Tauerntunnel (8526 m. lang)'. At the bottom left: 'Bauunternehmung / Brüder Redlich & Berger', to the right: 'Druck von Paulussen & Co. Wien'
Height
80.5 cm
Width
109.5 cm
Motif
Genre
Period
2nd half of the 19th Century, 20th Century
Provenance Data
Acquisition from the VUGESTA/GESTAPO
Viennese Commission for Restitution
Art restitution proceedings are pending.
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has established owners or their legal successors and has recommended to restore to them the art or cultural object.
City of Vienna, executive city councillor in charge (municipal authorities)
The body in charge has decided to restore the art or cultural object to the owners or their legal successors.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
Sixth Report on Restitution, Vienna 15 November 2005 (p. 236): 'At the meeting of 19 October 2004, the Viennese Commission on Restitution has unanimously come to the conclusion that the acquisitions of the municipal collections from the Vugesta can in general be regarded as objects of art which can be restituted.'
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism