Sale: 494 / Modern Art, Dec. 07. 2019 in Munich Lot 563

 

563
Fritz Klimsch
Beschaulichkeit, Vor 1924.
Bronze with dark brown patina
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,630
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,712

(incl. surcharge)
Beschaulichkeit. Vor 1924.
Bronze with dark brown patina.
Braun 121. Sole of left foot with monogram in ligature and with the foundry stamp "H. Noack Berlin". Height: 31.7 cm (12.4 in).
Posthumous cast. Through the inwardly turned motion motif on a triangular layout Fritz Klimsch creates lyrical atmosphere free from any notion of sentimentality. Brown was abel to determine the date "before 1924" based on the fact that a nephew of Fritz Klimsch acquired a copy of "Beschaulichkeit" in 1924. [EL].

PROVENANCE: Private collection Germany.
Galerie Thomas, Munich.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

LITERATURE: Hermann Braun, Fritz Klimsch. Werke, Hanover 1980, pp. 50f., no. 17, with illu. (presumably different copy).




563
Fritz Klimsch
Beschaulichkeit, Vor 1924.
Bronze with dark brown patina
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,630
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,712

(incl. surcharge)