Sale: 553 / Contemporary Day Sale, June 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 117


117
Hans Steinbrenner
Figur (Napoleon), 1960.
Bronze with dark gray patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,500
Sold:
€ 40,640 / $ 42,672

(incl. surcharge)
Figur (Napoleon). 1960.
Bronze with dark gray patina.
Plinth with the hammered artist's signet and the number. From an edition of 6 copies. Ca. 212 x 58 cm (83.4 x 22.8 in). Diameter of the plinth ca. 70 cm (27,6 in. ).
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Further works from the Dr. Maier-Mohr Collection will be offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, June 7, 2024 and in our Modern Art Day Sale on Saturday, June 8, 2024 – see collection catalog "A Private Collection - Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr".

• Early, cubic-abstract bronze from a small edition.
• First carved from a wooden trunk and then cast in bronze.
• Works of this size are extremely rare on the auction market (source: artprice.com)
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We are grateful to Mr Jakob Steinbrenner, Munich, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr Collection, Hesse (acquired from the artist).
Ever since family-owned.

EXHIBITION: For the original wooden figure, see the exhibition: Hans Steinbrenner. Skulpturen 1948-1960, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, October 23 - December 16, 1990, cat. no. 87 (illu.).

LITERATURE: For the original wooden figure, see:
Claire Hellweg, Hans Steinbrenner. Die Entwicklung der Formensprache im plastischen Werk, PhD thesis Frankfurt a. Main, 1990/91, no. 141 (illu.).




117
Hans Steinbrenner
Figur (Napoleon), 1960.
Bronze with dark gray patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,500
Sold:
€ 40,640 / $ 42,672

(incl. surcharge)