Sale: 534 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 09. 2022 in Munich Lot 138

 

138
Fritz Koenig
Kleine Säulenkaryatide II, 1965.
Bronze with gold-brown patina, partly polished
Estimate:
€ 14,000 / $ 15,120
Sold:
€ 65,000 / $ 70,200

(incl. surcharge)
Kleine Säulenkaryatide II. 1965.
Bronze with gold-brown patina, partly polished.
Clarenbach 364. Upper margin with the monogram, base with the number. One of 5 copies. 51 x 15.2 x 15.9 cm (20 x 5.9 x 6.2 in).
[AM].
• This is Fritz Koenig's inimitably abstracted and reinterpreted version of the ancient carytid pillars .
• Model for the "Große Säulenkaryatide M“ (Clarenbach 365) from 1965/66, which towers in front of the German embassy in Madrid with a height of 3,2 m.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com)
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We are grateful to Dr. Dietrich Clarenbach, Gauting, for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.




138
Fritz Koenig
Kleine Säulenkaryatide II, 1965.
Bronze with gold-brown patina, partly polished
Estimate:
€ 14,000 / $ 15,120
Sold:
€ 65,000 / $ 70,200

(incl. surcharge)