Sphinx II
Ernst Fuchs (Wien 1930 - Wien 2015)
Lot-No. 556
Proceeds : 2.400 €
1992. Bronze, gold brown patinated, on a marble base. Sphinx: H. 27 cm x w. 26 cm x d. 16 cm, base: H. 4 cm. Sign. Ernst Fuchs, dat. 92, numbered copy 45/1000, foundry mark STRASSACKER KUNSTGUSS SÜSSEN. - Painter, graphic artist and architect, one of the main exponents of Phantastic Realism. Already at the age of 16 he began studying at the Vienna academy, among others under A. Gütersloh, and as early as 1949 he had his first solo exhibition in Paris where he settled in 1950. In 1962 he returned to Vienna where he bought the Otto Wagner Mansions in 1972 that later became the Ernst Fuchs Museum. Mus.: Wien (Ernst-Fuchs-Mus.).
Ernst Fuchs: Sphinx II
Ernst Fuchs (Wien 1930 - Wien 2015)
Sphinx II
Lot-No. 556
Proceeds : 2.400 €
1992. Bronze, gold brown patinated, on a marble base. Sphinx: H. 27 cm x w. 26 cm x d. 16 cm, base: H. 4 cm. Sign. Ernst Fuchs, dat. 92, numbered copy 45/1000, foundry mark STRASSACKER KUNSTGUSS SÜSSEN. - Painter, graphic artist and architect, one of the main exponents of Phantastic Realism. Already at the age of 16 he began studying at the Vienna academy, among others under A. Gütersloh, and as early as 1949 he had his first solo exhibition in Paris where he settled in 1950. In 1962 he returned to Vienna where he bought the Otto Wagner Mansions in 1972 that later became the Ernst Fuchs Museum. Mus.: Wien (Ernst-Fuchs-Mus.).
