Augenvotiv II. 1967.
Bronze with gold brown patina.
Clarenbach Sk 408. Monogrammed in lower right of top part, numbered 5/5 on side. 25 x 27,5 x 13,5 cm (9,8 x 10,8 x 5,3 in). Cylindric base, with rotatable insert piece: 16,5 cm (6,5 in).

PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg, acquired directly from artist.

Fritz Koenig develops a sculpture from the very classic canon. Geometrical forms such as pillars and spheres come instead of organic forms and add a momentum of alienation to the actually rather conventional world of forms of his plastics. The optical effect of this work is also determined by a fragile-static principle. A voluminous form raises from a very narrow base, despite the forces of gravity. His examination of the balances of power creates tension and dynamic, which add yet another aspect of optic presence to the sculpture. [DB]