116 Unicyclists
Georg Engst (Hamburg 1930 - Hamburg 2021)
Lot-No. 703
Proceeds : 800 €
1986. Bronze, brown patinated. Figures: 11,3 x 24,4 x 13 cm, base: 10 x 8 x 13 cm. Signed on the base and dated ENGST 86, made in the foundry Barth (no foundry mark). Model of the large sculpture. The large bronze is located in front of the factory of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in North Carolina/USA. The client was Kurt Körber, owner of the Hamburg Hauni company, who presented the group to the American business partners as a gift. According to the artist, the 116 unicyclists symbolize the employees of the factory. - Literature: Cat. rais. Tiedge 181 - German sculptor, studied after theological studies at the Art Academy in Munich by Prof. Hiller and at the HFBK in Hamburg by E. Scharff. Since 1967 freelance artist in Jersbek near Bargteheide, especially working in wood, stone, bronze and steel, including numerous orders for public buildings, so-called 'Art on the building'. Lit.: Cat rais. Tiedge, Gisela. Das Werk von Georg Ernst. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum. Bonn, 2015.
Georg Engst: 116 Unicyclists
Georg Engst (Hamburg 1930 - Hamburg 2021)
116 Unicyclists
Lot-No. 703
Proceeds : 800 €
1986. Bronze, brown patinated. Figures: 11,3 x 24,4 x 13 cm, base: 10 x 8 x 13 cm. Signed on the base and dated ENGST 86, made in the foundry Barth (no foundry mark). Model of the large sculpture. The large bronze is located in front of the factory of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in North Carolina/USA. The client was Kurt Körber, owner of the Hamburg Hauni company, who presented the group to the American business partners as a gift. According to the artist, the 116 unicyclists symbolize the employees of the factory. - Literature: Cat. rais. Tiedge 181 - German sculptor, studied after theological studies at the Art Academy in Munich by Prof. Hiller and at the HFBK in Hamburg by E. Scharff. Since 1967 freelance artist in Jersbek near Bargteheide, especially working in wood, stone, bronze and steel, including numerous orders for public buildings, so-called 'Art on the building'. Lit.: Cat rais. Tiedge, Gisela. Das Werk von Georg Ernst. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum. Bonn, 2015.
