A Standing Man
Manfred Sihle-Wissel (Tallin 1934)
Lot-No. 250
Proceeds : 1.100 €
Designed 1964, made 1995. Bronze, brown patinated. H. 41 cm. Dated 1964, monogr. MSW, 100 copies, cast by foundry Bieber in Bischoffen. The artist himself describes the bronze as follows: "There is the expression of free and upright standing.. and there, notwithstanding the serenity of the standing, is the activity of the individual "components", a rise and fall of the forms, a stretching and pressing, all of which together evokes its own and not unmusical sound." - Sculptor and highly important representative of the contemporary sculpture in Northern Germany, studied after his flight to Hamburg at the Art Academy under Edwin Scharff and Hans Ruwoldt and is working since 1981 in Brammer/Rendsburg. His extensive oeuvre contains sculptures bronzes, reliefs and collages, drawings and watercolours., Mus.: Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe; Hamburg, Kunsthalle; Flensburg, Museum; Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum etc.
Manfred Sihle-Wissel: A Standing Man
Manfred Sihle-Wissel (Tallin 1934)
A Standing Man
Lot-No. 250
Proceeds : 1.100 €
Designed 1964, made 1995. Bronze, brown patinated. H. 41 cm. Dated 1964, monogr. MSW, 100 copies, cast by foundry Bieber in Bischoffen. The artist himself describes the bronze as follows: "There is the expression of free and upright standing.. and there, notwithstanding the serenity of the standing, is the activity of the individual "components", a rise and fall of the forms, a stretching and pressing, all of which together evokes its own and not unmusical sound." - Sculptor and highly important representative of the contemporary sculpture in Northern Germany, studied after his flight to Hamburg at the Art Academy under Edwin Scharff and Hans Ruwoldt and is working since 1981 in Brammer/Rendsburg. His extensive oeuvre contains sculptures bronzes, reliefs and collages, drawings and watercolours., Mus.: Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe; Hamburg, Kunsthalle; Flensburg, Museum; Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum etc.
