Auction House

Auction: Contemporary Art

09. March 2022

Object overview
Object

3048

Fritz Wotruba*

(Wien 1907 - 1975 Wien)

„"Hockender (Geschlossene Figur)"“
1951
bronze
h. 52.5 cm, w. 23 cm, d. 44.5 cm (w/o. base)
Neither signed nor numbered.
According to the information in the cast book, the current state of research and contrary to the information in the catalogue raisonné, 7 bronze casts of an edition of 7, 3 epreuve d'artiste casts, 2 cement casts and possibly 2 further unnumbered bronze casts - a total of 12 to 14 copies - were produced in 1951, in the first version after Stein (cat.no. 162/1). Altogether - adding up the copies of both versions - we have to assume the existence of a maximum of 18 cast copies of this work.

Provenance

Geschenk von Fritz Wotruba;
A gift from Fritz Wotruba;
through succession in private property; Germany

Literature

Jürg Janett (ed.), Otto Breicha, Fritz Wotruba. Werkverzeichnis Skulpturen, Reliefs, Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle, St. Gallen 2002, cat.-no. 162/I, p. 187.

A certificate of authenticity by Gabriele Stöger-Spevak, Fritz Wotruba private foundation, 21 May 2019, is enclosed.

Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Result: € 66.000 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.