Sale: 512 / Modern Art II, Dec. 12. 2020 in Munich Lot 434

 

434
Fritz Klimsch
Beschaulichkeit, 1924.
Bronze with black-green patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 27,500 / $ 29,700

(incl. surcharge)
Beschaulichkeit. 1924.
Bronze with black-green patina.
Braun 121. With monogram in ligature and foundry mark of "H. Noack Berlin" on sole of left foot. Height: 30.5 cm (12 in).
Hermann Braun was able to identify a date "before 1924" on basisi of the fact that a nephew of Fritz Klimsch acquired a copy of "Beschaulichkeit" in 1924 (cf. Hermann Braun, Fritz Klimsch. Eine Dokumentation, Cologne 1991, p. 359). [SM].
• Motif of an intertwined motion on triangular base.
• Lyrisal athmospheric work emanating a meditative calm.
• Particularly fine patina
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PROVENANCE: Estate of Fritz Klimsch.
Private collection Lower Saxony.

LITERATURE: Hermann Braun, Fritz Klimsch. Werke, Hanover 1980, pp. 50f., no. 17, with illu. (different copy).




434
Fritz Klimsch
Beschaulichkeit, 1924.
Bronze with black-green patina
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 27,500 / $ 29,700

(incl. surcharge)