Auction House

Auction: Contemporary Art

06. April 2022, 3:00 pm

Object overview
Object

0420

Fritz Wotruba*

(Wien 1907 - 1975 Wien)

„Man and woman“
1948
bronze, patinated
h. 28 cm; w. 26 cm; d. 2,5 cm
monogrammed on the lower right: W
stamped on the lower right: Wotruba
According to the current state of research and information in the cast book, at least nine casts were made: seven casts in bronze, one cast in iron and at least one cast of a designated six-cast Epreuve d'artiste-edition. The monogram "W" is carved into the original plaster model of the work and was cast as well.

Provenance

private property, Vienna

Literature

Jürg Janett (ed.), Otto Breicha, Fritz Wotruba. Werkverzeichnis Skulpturen, Reliefs, Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle, St. Gallen 2002, cat.-no. 125/1, p. 172.

This work is included in the catalogue raisonné under number 125/1.

Estimate: € 5.000 - 10.000
Result: € 7.260 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.