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Fritz Koenig
Epitaph III, 1973.
Bronze with gray-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,800 Sold:
€ 16,510 / $ 19,481 (incl. surcharge)
Epitaph III. 1973.
Bronze with gray-brown patina.
With the monogram engraved on the front in the bottom right and with the numbering on the right side. Copy 1/5. 27.5 x 20 x 5 cm (10.8 x 7.8 x 1.9 in).
The work is a unique piece, as no other copies were cast. [AW].
• Unique object.
• Transience occupies a special place in Koenig's work, giving rise to his famous epitaphs.
• In 2024, the Glyptothek in Munich held a major exhibition to mark the sculptor's 100th birthday.
• Koenig's sculptures are in numerous important collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2006).
EXHIBITION: Fritz Koenig, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, March 30 - May 19, 1974, cat. no. 119 (illustrated on p. 152).
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Skultpuren. Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2003, catalogue raisonné no. 557.
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Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, 299th auction, March 31, 2006, lot 1119 (illustrated in color).
Bronze with gray-brown patina.
With the monogram engraved on the front in the bottom right and with the numbering on the right side. Copy 1/5. 27.5 x 20 x 5 cm (10.8 x 7.8 x 1.9 in).
The work is a unique piece, as no other copies were cast. [AW].
• Unique object.
• Transience occupies a special place in Koenig's work, giving rise to his famous epitaphs.
• In 2024, the Glyptothek in Munich held a major exhibition to mark the sculptor's 100th birthday.
• Koenig's sculptures are in numerous important collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2006).
EXHIBITION: Fritz Koenig, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, March 30 - May 19, 1974, cat. no. 119 (illustrated on p. 152).
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Skultpuren. Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2003, catalogue raisonné no. 557.
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Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, 299th auction, March 31, 2006, lot 1119 (illustrated in color).
231
Fritz Koenig
Epitaph III, 1973.
Bronze with gray-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,800 Sold:
€ 16,510 / $ 19,481 (incl. surcharge)
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