Fritz Wotruba *
(Vienna 1907-1975) "Relief with Nine Figures", 1961, study for the Marburg Relief (for the new lecture building of Philipps University in Marburg an der Lahn, work no. 262), gold and dark patinated bronze, (punched) monogrammed FW, No. 2 from the edition of seven casts numbered in Arabic numerals, 24.5 x 57 x 3.5 cm – hanging device on the reverse, (K)
Jürg Janett, Fritz Wotruba, Werkverzeichnis, Skulpturen, Reliefs, Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle, Erker-Verlag, St. Gallen, 2002, no. 240. The cast book lists seven casts numbered in Arabic numerals. A cast entitled Relief with Nine Figures is reproduced in: Fritz Wotruba, Figur als Widerstand, Bilder und Schriften zu Leben und Werk, Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg 1977, p. 132. One of the casts is published in the exhibition catalogue: Zeitlos, Das Menschenbild in der Skulptur und Zeichnung Fritz Wotrubas – Eine Retrospektive, Palais Harrach, an exhibition by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna1995, p. 33, no. 53. Provenance: private ownership, Vienna – a gift from Lucy Wotruba
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.02.2014 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 22,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Fritz Wotruba *
(Vienna 1907-1975) "Relief with Nine Figures", 1961, study for the Marburg Relief (for the new lecture building of Philipps University in Marburg an der Lahn, work no. 262), gold and dark patinated bronze, (punched) monogrammed FW, No. 2 from the edition of seven casts numbered in Arabic numerals, 24.5 x 57 x 3.5 cm – hanging device on the reverse, (K)
Jürg Janett, Fritz Wotruba, Werkverzeichnis, Skulpturen, Reliefs, Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle, Erker-Verlag, St. Gallen, 2002, no. 240. The cast book lists seven casts numbered in Arabic numerals. A cast entitled Relief with Nine Figures is reproduced in: Fritz Wotruba, Figur als Widerstand, Bilder und Schriften zu Leben und Werk, Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg 1977, p. 132. One of the casts is published in the exhibition catalogue: Zeitlos, Das Menschenbild in der Skulptur und Zeichnung Fritz Wotrubas – Eine Retrospektive, Palais Harrach, an exhibition by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna1995, p. 33, no. 53. Provenance: private ownership, Vienna – a gift from Lucy Wotruba
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Modern & Contemporary Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.02.2014 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 22.02 - 27.02.2014 |