Stein zur Meditation. 1979.
Sculpture. Gray columnar basalt (Eifel mountains). Unique object.
200 x 14.5 x 17 cm (78.7 x 5.7 x 6.6 in).
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• Significant meditation stone in an incredibly primal appearance, made by the Austrian autodidact from columnar basalt.
• In Karl Prantl's natural stones, primeval elements meet a contemporary, minimalist design language.
• A unique piece with a fascinating effect that invites to a meditative contemplation. - Numerous of his works can be found in public places; in the year this work was made, one of his meditation stones was erected in the UNO City in Vienna.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Karl Prantl. Steine 1969-1979, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, March 30 - June 8, 1980.
Karl Prantl. Plastiken, 1950-1981, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. Main, October 30 - December 12, 1981 (illu. on p. 152).
Skulptur - Architektur - Natur. Wolf Glossner, Peter van der Locht, Osamu Nakajiama, Nils-Udo, Karl Prantl, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, August 20 - October 3, 1982.

LITERATURE: Alexander Winter, Der Steinbildhauer Karl Prantl: Werkkatalog 1950-2000, PhD thesis, Munich 2008, no. 251 (illu. in colors on p. 168).

"The stone comes first, then the tree, and then, at some point, only then comes the human being.
It's the same the other way around. I am the next to go.
Then the trees that we have planted in the garden, the cherry and walnut trees.
And at some point, even the stone will pass away.
Crumbles. Turns to soil."
Karl Prantl, quoted from: Atelier Prantl, online: www.karlprantl.at.