Sale: 541 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, June 09. 2023 in Munich Lot 158

 

158
Fritz Koenig
Ohne Titel, 1978/1998.
Iron cast with red-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100
Sold:
€ 66,040 / $ 70,662

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1978/1998.
Iron cast with red-brown patina.
Clarenbach 662. With the monogram on the upper side of the plinth. From an edition of 4 copies. 46.3 x 76.7 x 52.7 cm (18.2 x 30.1 x 20.7 in).
[AM].

• Owing to its advanced formal reduction, this is a particularly expressive work by Fritz Koenig.
• Works in form of epitaphs and other modifications of this sculptural form make up a key group in the artist's creation.
• From an edition of only 4 copies.
• In 1970, Koenig made the bronze "The Sphere", which was set up between the two towers of the World Trade Center, today it serves as a 9/11 monument.
• Works by the artist are in many important museums like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
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We are grateful to Dr. Dietrich Clarenbach, Gauting, for his ind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the artist).




158
Fritz Koenig
Ohne Titel, 1978/1998.
Iron cast with red-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,100
Sold:
€ 66,040 / $ 70,662

(incl. surcharge)