“Wien von der Eichhofstraße”

Artist: Hans Robert Pippal (Vienna 1915 – 1998 Vienna)
Date: Vienna circa 1970
Technique: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: W 49 x H 36.5 cm (with frame)
Signature: Signed and inscribed in the lower left corner: “Hans Rob. Pippal / Wien v. d. Eichhofstraße”

Description: View of Vienna with the Danube before the construction of the Danube Island but after the construction of the Danube Tower, which opened in 1964; in the foreground, the old brick arches of the Bockkeller passage are visible, as well as the water lock building designed by Otto Wagner and the Schemerl bridge of the Nussdorf weir and lock system at Brigittenauer Spitz