Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 121002376
Lot 121002376 
121002376
Zoltán Kemény
Séducteur, 1961.
Mixed media. Iron, oil and wood on fiberboard
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,250 - 40,950
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Séducteur. 1961.
Mixed media. Iron, oil and wood on fiberboard.
Signed and inscribed "113" on the reverse. 150 x 113 x 16.5 cm (59 x 44.4 x 6.4 in).
[AR].
• From the key work group of the metal reliefs, which earned Zoltán Kemény. international recognition in the early 1950s.
• His precise abstractions testify to his inimitable antena for die malleability of metals.
• He was awarded the Grand Prize for Sculpting at the 1964 Venice Biennial.
• The Centre Pompidou in Paris is in possession of some of his metal reliefs.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Switzerland.
EXHIBITION: Zoltán Kemény. Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, February 12 - March 24, 1963 (cat. no. 13, with illu. on p. 16. With the label of the Kestner-Gesellschaft on the reverse).
Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde. Mitglieder zeigen ihr Lieblingskunstwerk aus eigenem Besitz, Kunsthaus Zürich, October 18 - November 10, 1968 (with the exhibition label on the reverse).
LITERATURE: Gaëtan Picon und Ewald Rathke, kemeny reliefs en métal, Paris 1973, cat. no. 121 (with color illu. on p. 93).
Mixed media. Iron, oil and wood on fiberboard.
Signed and inscribed "113" on the reverse. 150 x 113 x 16.5 cm (59 x 44.4 x 6.4 in).
[AR].
• From the key work group of the metal reliefs, which earned Zoltán Kemény. international recognition in the early 1950s.
• His precise abstractions testify to his inimitable antena for die malleability of metals.
• He was awarded the Grand Prize for Sculpting at the 1964 Venice Biennial.
• The Centre Pompidou in Paris is in possession of some of his metal reliefs.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Switzerland.
EXHIBITION: Zoltán Kemény. Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, February 12 - March 24, 1963 (cat. no. 13, with illu. on p. 16. With the label of the Kestner-Gesellschaft on the reverse).
Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde. Mitglieder zeigen ihr Lieblingskunstwerk aus eigenem Besitz, Kunsthaus Zürich, October 18 - November 10, 1968 (with the exhibition label on the reverse).
LITERATURE: Gaëtan Picon und Ewald Rathke, kemeny reliefs en métal, Paris 1973, cat. no. 121 (with color illu. on p. 93).
121002376
Zoltán Kemény
Séducteur, 1961.
Mixed media. Iron, oil and wood on fiberboard
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,250 - 40,950
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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