Live Auction 7261Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection
Wladimir Goichman (1903-2001)
Lot 143

Wladimir Goichman (1903-2001)

The Admiral Tegetthoff frozen in, Franz-Josef Land, 1873

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Wladimir Goichman (1903-2001)
The Admiral Tegetthoff frozen in, Franz-Josef Land, 1873
signed with monogram and inscribed 'WG 1873-1973' (lower left)
oil on board
58 x 70½in. (147.2 x 79cm.)

A gift from the artist to the Fram Museum, Oslo.

Specialist note

Franz Josef Land was discovered by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1873. Led by Karl Weyprecht and Julius von Payer, the expedition's ship was abandoned in the pack-ice at Franz Josef Land as they were looking for a north east passage. The expedition then took sledges to go further north to open water, and used boats to reach the Black Cape of Novaya Zemlya. The archipelago was named for the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph.