Usage Note
Auktionshaus is a company that organises and conducts auctions of art, antiques, and valuables. In Germany, Auktionshäuser are required to document provenance carefully. Neutral noun.
Examples
"Das Auktionshaus veröffentlichte einen umfangreichen Katalog der zu versteigernden Werke."
Natural Translation
The auction house published a comprehensive catalogue of the works to be auctioned.
Literal Translation
The auction-house published a comprehensive catalogue of the to-be-auctioned works.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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