Lot 124000224
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124000224
Fritz Koenig
Kleines Epitaph für Ikarus II, 1982.
Iron, muonted, with red-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
$ 10,700 - 16,050
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Kleines Epitaph für Ikarus II. 1982.
Iron, muonted, with red-brown patina.
Scratched monogram in lower left on front side. One of 3 copies. 40 x 18 x 12 cm (15.7 x 7 x 4.7 in).
[KT].
• Rare: One of only 3 copies.
• Beginning in the 1980s, Koening dedicated his work to transience, creating his famous epitaphs and the "Icarus" group.
• Homage to the ingenious engineer and tragic visionary of ancient mythology.
• Koenig's sculptures are in many important collections, among them the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Bavaria.
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 2: Skulpturen, Munich 2003, no. 786 (illu. on p. 190).
Iron, muonted, with red-brown patina.
Scratched monogram in lower left on front side. One of 3 copies. 40 x 18 x 12 cm (15.7 x 7 x 4.7 in).
[KT].
• Rare: One of only 3 copies.
• Beginning in the 1980s, Koening dedicated his work to transience, creating his famous epitaphs and the "Icarus" group.
• Homage to the ingenious engineer and tragic visionary of ancient mythology.
• Koenig's sculptures are in many important collections, among them the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Bavaria.
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 2: Skulpturen, Munich 2003, no. 786 (illu. on p. 190).
124000224
Fritz Koenig
Kleines Epitaph für Ikarus II, 1982.
Iron, muonted, with red-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
$ 10,700 - 16,050
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
