Sale: 474 / Art of the 19th Century, Nov. 23. 2018 in Munich Lot 98

 

98
Franz von Stuck
Amazone, 1897.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 56,700

(incl. surcharge)
Amazone. 1897.
Bronze , with golden and drak brown patina.
Inscribed "Franz von Stuck" on front of plinth. Total height ca. 64.4 cm (25.3 in). Base 34 x 17,3 cm ( 13,4 x 6,8 in).
Cast after 1905 by Cosmas Leyrer, Munich (with foundry mark in upper left edge of base).
Evenly shimmering patina with exquisite golden shimmer.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

"The subject of the Amazon, a popular subject also in antiquity, was in the air in those days, it was in line with Stuck's idea of the attractive but wicked woman." (Quote after: Thomas Raff, Die Kraft des Mannes und die weiche Schmiegsamkeit des Weibes. Franz von Stuck: Das plastische Werk, 2011, p. 46)




98
Franz von Stuck
Amazone, 1897.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 56,700

(incl. surcharge)