Sale: 22 / Online Sale, June 12. 2022
Lot 122001327
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122001327
Fritz Koenig
Kleines Epitaph V, 1978.
Iron
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,560 Sold:
€ 10,750 / $ 11,502 (incl. surcharge)
Kleines Epitaph V. 1978.
Iron.
Clarenbach 663. With the monogram at the top of the plinth. One of at least 5 iron copies. 19 x 46 x 15 cm (7.4 x 18.1 x 5.9 in).
The catalog raisonné mentions five iron copies and two bronze copies.
• Despite its heaviness, the differentiated treatment of the surface has a wonderful lightness
• Another copy is in the Fritz and Maria Koenig Foundation at the Sculpture Museum in Landshut.
• Around 1970, Koenig created the globe-shaped bronze "The Sphere" between the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, which today is a famous 9/11 memorial.
We are grateful to Dr. Dietrich Clarenbach, Gauting, for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
Iron.
Clarenbach 663. With the monogram at the top of the plinth. One of at least 5 iron copies. 19 x 46 x 15 cm (7.4 x 18.1 x 5.9 in).
The catalog raisonné mentions five iron copies and two bronze copies.
• Despite its heaviness, the differentiated treatment of the surface has a wonderful lightness
• Another copy is in the Fritz and Maria Koenig Foundation at the Sculpture Museum in Landshut.
• Around 1970, Koenig created the globe-shaped bronze "The Sphere" between the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, which today is a famous 9/11 memorial.
We are grateful to Dr. Dietrich Clarenbach, Gauting, for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
122001327
Fritz Koenig
Kleines Epitaph V, 1978.
Iron
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,560 Sold:
€ 10,750 / $ 11,502 (incl. surcharge)