Sale: 22 / Online Sale, Dec. 15. 2024 → Lot 124001024
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124001024
Etienne Béothy
Icare, Monument pour aviateur, Op. 48, 1931.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,600 Sold:
€ 4,699 / $ 5,403 (incl. surcharge)
124001024
Etienne Béothy
Icare, Monument pour aviateur, Op. 48, 1931.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,600 Sold:
€ 4,699 / $ 5,403 (incl. surcharge)
Icare, Monument pour aviateur, Op. 48. 1931.
Bronze with black-brown patina.
Rear with the signature and the foundry stamp "GUSS BARTH BERLIN". 50.4 cm (19.8 in).
Cast by the art foundry Barth, Berlin. [KA].
• With his combination of biomorphic and angular forms reminiscent of propeller blades, Béothy alludes to the modern age's fascination with aviation.
• In 1931, Béothy was a founding member of the influential avant-garde group “Abstraction-Création”, which also included Piet Mondrian, Alexander Calder and Fernand Léger.
• The Museum of Modern Art, New York, is in possession of works by the artist.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Werner Kunze, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (inherited from the above in 1984).
LITERATURE: A. Meurer, Der Bildhauer Etienne Beothy. Werk und Ästhetik, Marburg 2002, Nr. 59 (m. Abb. S. 242, hier mit der Technik Gips).
Etienne Béothy
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Bronze with black-brown patina.
Rear with the signature and the foundry stamp "GUSS BARTH BERLIN". 50.4 cm (19.8 in).
Cast by the art foundry Barth, Berlin. [KA].
• With his combination of biomorphic and angular forms reminiscent of propeller blades, Béothy alludes to the modern age's fascination with aviation.
• In 1931, Béothy was a founding member of the influential avant-garde group “Abstraction-Création”, which also included Piet Mondrian, Alexander Calder and Fernand Léger.
• The Museum of Modern Art, New York, is in possession of works by the artist.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Werner Kunze, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (inherited from the above in 1984).
LITERATURE: A. Meurer, Der Bildhauer Etienne Beothy. Werk und Ästhetik, Marburg 2002, Nr. 59 (m. Abb. S. 242, hier mit der Technik Gips).
Etienne Béothy
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
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