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Franz von Stuck
Amazone, 1897.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,500 Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 57,750 (incl. surcharge)
Amazone. 1897.
Bronze , with golden and drak brown patina.
Inscribed "Franz von Stuck" on front of plinth. Total height ca. 64.4 cm (25.3 in). Base 34 x 17,3 cm ( 13,4 x 6,8 in).
Cast after 1905 by Cosmas Leyrer, Munich (with foundry mark in upper left edge of base).
Evenly shimmering patina with exquisite golden shimmer.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
"The subject of the Amazon, a popular subject also in antiquity, was in the air in those days, it was in line with Stuck's idea of the attractive but wicked woman." (Quote after: Thomas Raff, Die Kraft des Mannes und die weiche Schmiegsamkeit des Weibes. Franz von Stuck: Das plastische Werk, 2011, p. 46)
Bronze , with golden and drak brown patina.
Inscribed "Franz von Stuck" on front of plinth. Total height ca. 64.4 cm (25.3 in). Base 34 x 17,3 cm ( 13,4 x 6,8 in).
Cast after 1905 by Cosmas Leyrer, Munich (with foundry mark in upper left edge of base).
Evenly shimmering patina with exquisite golden shimmer.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
"The subject of the Amazon, a popular subject also in antiquity, was in the air in those days, it was in line with Stuck's idea of the attractive but wicked woman." (Quote after: Thomas Raff, Die Kraft des Mannes und die weiche Schmiegsamkeit des Weibes. Franz von Stuck: Das plastische Werk, 2011, p. 46)
98
Franz von Stuck
Amazone, 1897.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,500 Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 57,750 (incl. surcharge)