Sale: 553 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, June 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 124000453


124000453
Hans Steinbrenner
Figur (Napoleon), 1960.
Bronze with dark gray patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000

 
$ 10,700 - 16,050

Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Figur (Napoleon). 1960.
Bronze with dark gray patina.
Plinth with the hammered artist's signet and the number. From an edition of 6 copies. Ca. 212 x 58 cm (83.4 x 22.8 in). Diameter of the plinth ca. 70 cm (27,6 in. ).
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More works from the Dr. Maier-Mohr Collection are offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, June 7, 2024, as well as in our Modern Art Day Sale on Saturday, June 8, 2024 (see catalog “Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr - A Private Collection”).

• Early, cubic-abstract bronze from a small edition.
• Since the late 1960s, the artist has called the sculptures he creates from cubic elements "Figur".
• Works of this size are extremely rare on the auction market (source: artprice.com)
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We are grateful to Mr Jakob Steinbrenner, Munich, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr Collection, Hesse (acquired from the artist).
Ever since family-owned.

EXHIBITION: For the original wooden figure, see the exhibition: Hans Steinbrenner. Skulpturen 1948-1960, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, October 23 - December 16, 1990, cat. no. 87 (illu.).

LITERATURE: For the original wooden figure, see:
Claire Hellweg, Hans Steinbrenner. Die Entwicklung der Formensprache im plastischen Werk, PhD thesis Frankfurt a. Main, 1990/91, no. 141 (illu.).




124000453
Hans Steinbrenner
Figur (Napoleon), 1960.
Bronze with dark gray patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000

 
$ 10,700 - 16,050

Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.