Sale: 461 / Post War I, Dec. 09. 2017 in Munich Lot 865

 

865
Andreu Alfaro
Rombe obert I (Rombo abierto I), 1976.
Sculpture
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)
Rombe obert I (Rombo abierto I). 1976.
Sculpture . Stainless steel rods on plexiglass plinth.
Catalog raisonné Jarque p. 258. With scratched signature and date on the plinth. Unique object. 77 x 81 x 46 cm (30.3 x 31.8 x 18.1 in).
[FS].

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Alfaro. Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne 1977 (with illu. on p. 21).

LITERATURE: Andreu Alfaro: Dinámica y tiempo en la obra de arte. In: Hogar y Architectura, Madrid, Ediciones y Publicaciones Populares, 1977, pp. 92-93 (with illu.).
"The right spot for the sculpture is a (public) place, the garden, the facade: embedded in peoples' lifes and beyond. There, in his work, in the face of society, 'says the artist about his 'things'."
Andreu Alfaro 1963, quote from: http://welt-der-form.net/Andreu_Alfaro/leben_und_werk.html




865
Andreu Alfaro
Rombe obert I (Rombo abierto I), 1976.
Sculpture
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)