0023
Fritz Wotruba*
(Wien 1907 - 1975 Wien)
„Relief with nine figures (study for the Marburg relief)“
1961
bronze
h. 24.5 cm, w. 56 cm, d. 2.5 cm (without base)
signed and numbered: WOTRUBA 3/7
According to the book about castings by Wotruba, this work is intended as part of an Arabic-numbered edition of seven castings.
Provenance
from the estate of the artist;
im Kinsky Vienna, 02.12.2008, lot 250;
private property, Austria
Exhibition
2002, Museo d´Arte di Mendrisio (exhibition catalogue Wotruba, 24 March– 9 June 2002, ill. p. 100);
1995 Vienna, Palais Harrach (exhibition catalogue Kunsthistorisches Museum, Zeitlos. Das Menschenbild in der Skulptur und Zeichnung Fritz Wotrubas. Eine Retrospektive, 7 June to 2 October 1995, cat.-no. 53)
Literature
Jürg Janett (ed.), Breicha, Otto: Fritz Wotruba. Werkverzeichnis der Skulpturen, Reliefs, Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle. Erker-Verlag, St. Gallen 2002, cat.-no. 240, p. 227 (with ill.)
Estimate: € 15.000 - 25.000
Auction is closed.