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Fritz Koenig
Poseidon, 1963/64.
Bronze with gray - green patina
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 53,000 - 74,200
Poseidon. 1963/64.
Bronze with gray - green patina.
One of 3 executed lifetime casts from a planned edition of 5. 110 cm (43.3 in).
• One of 3 lifetime casts.
• Another copy is in the Museum Folkwang, Essen.
• This is the first time that a copy of this powerful bronze is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Fritz Koenig literally merges the symbiosis of man and animal into a dynamic unity.
• In the year of its creation, Fritz Koenig took part in documenta III in Kassel and was appointed to the chair of sculptural design in the architecture department of the Technical University of Munich.
PROVENANCE: Fritz-und-Maria-Koenig-Foundation, Landshut.
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Skulpturen. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2003, no. 318, p. 290 (fig. pp. 100f.)
Peter-Klaus Schuster, Fritz Koenig. Skulptur und Zeichnung, ex. cat. Munich/Berlin 1988/89, p. 16 (fig.).
"These hybrids of human and animal are to be understood not simply as evidence of an effort to fuse sculptural values, but also - and perhaps above all - as an expression of an idea of harmony of creatures, as it determines the artist's activity as a horse breeder on another level."
D. Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig, Munich 2003, p. 13.
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.28 h +/- 20 min.
Bronze with gray - green patina.
One of 3 executed lifetime casts from a planned edition of 5. 110 cm (43.3 in).
• One of 3 lifetime casts.
• Another copy is in the Museum Folkwang, Essen.
• This is the first time that a copy of this powerful bronze is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Fritz Koenig literally merges the symbiosis of man and animal into a dynamic unity.
• In the year of its creation, Fritz Koenig took part in documenta III in Kassel and was appointed to the chair of sculptural design in the architecture department of the Technical University of Munich.
PROVENANCE: Fritz-und-Maria-Koenig-Foundation, Landshut.
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Skulpturen. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2003, no. 318, p. 290 (fig. pp. 100f.)
Peter-Klaus Schuster, Fritz Koenig. Skulptur und Zeichnung, ex. cat. Munich/Berlin 1988/89, p. 16 (fig.).
"These hybrids of human and animal are to be understood not simply as evidence of an effort to fuse sculptural values, but also - and perhaps above all - as an expression of an idea of harmony of creatures, as it determines the artist's activity as a horse breeder on another level."
D. Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig, Munich 2003, p. 13.
Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.28 h +/- 20 min.
121
Fritz Koenig
Poseidon, 1963/64.
Bronze with gray - green patina
Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
$ 53,000 - 74,200
Buyer's premium and taxation for Fritz Koenig "Poseidon"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.