Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000585
Lot 125000585 
125000585
Wolfgang Mattheuer
Sisyphos im Rad, 1975.
Bronze, in a ring of steel
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Sisyphos im Rad. 1975.
Bronze, in a ring of steel.
With the artist's monogram on the bottom of the bronze. One of 7 copies. Height without base: 67.5 cm (26.5 in). Height incl. base: 71,5 cm (28,2 in).
Diameter: 67 cm (26,4 in).
Other works from the collection of Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohlen and Dr. Margarethe Bautz-Holzherr, Marburg, will be offered in a special online sale from February 15 to March 15, 2026. All proceeds will go to the Pohlen-Bautz-Holzherr Foundation. [CH].
• In the 1970s, Mattheuer also created his well-known Sisyphus cycle, comprising three paintings in which the mythical figure of Sisyphus responds to his urge for change with great energy and creativity (Albertinum, Dresden State Art Collections).
• Allegory of life: dynamic and full of energy, Sisyphus tries to move forward within the wheel that encloses him.
• In 1977, Wolfgang Mattheuer participated in documenta 6 in Kassel.
• The artist's sculptural works are very rare on the auction market.
PROVENANCE: Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohlen and Dr. Margarethe Bautz-Holzherr Collection, Marburg.
LITERATURE: Kirsten Leuenroth, Wolfgang Mattheuer. Catalogue raisonné of sculptures and objects, Frankfurt am Main 2005, CR no. S 14 (with full-page illu. of a different copy).
Bronze, in a ring of steel.
With the artist's monogram on the bottom of the bronze. One of 7 copies. Height without base: 67.5 cm (26.5 in). Height incl. base: 71,5 cm (28,2 in).
Diameter: 67 cm (26,4 in).
Other works from the collection of Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohlen and Dr. Margarethe Bautz-Holzherr, Marburg, will be offered in a special online sale from February 15 to March 15, 2026. All proceeds will go to the Pohlen-Bautz-Holzherr Foundation. [CH].
• In the 1970s, Mattheuer also created his well-known Sisyphus cycle, comprising three paintings in which the mythical figure of Sisyphus responds to his urge for change with great energy and creativity (Albertinum, Dresden State Art Collections).
• Allegory of life: dynamic and full of energy, Sisyphus tries to move forward within the wheel that encloses him.
• In 1977, Wolfgang Mattheuer participated in documenta 6 in Kassel.
• The artist's sculptural works are very rare on the auction market.
PROVENANCE: Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohlen and Dr. Margarethe Bautz-Holzherr Collection, Marburg.
LITERATURE: Kirsten Leuenroth, Wolfgang Mattheuer. Catalogue raisonné of sculptures and objects, Frankfurt am Main 2005, CR no. S 14 (with full-page illu. of a different copy).
125000585
Wolfgang Mattheuer
Sisyphos im Rad, 1975.
Bronze, in a ring of steel
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 29,000 - 40,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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