A Sphinx
Ernst Fuchs (Wien 1930 - Wien 2015)
Lot-No. 488
Proceeds : 1.400 €
1977. Bronze, brown patinated. Bronze: H. 19 x w. 34 x d. 16 cm, marble base: H. 4,5 cm. Signed Ernst Fuchs, numbered copy 641/1000, foundry mark venturi arte. Both forearms rep. From the edition of the Hilliard Collection, Munich. With work sheet with dedication by the artist - Expertise: Handwritten certificate by Ernst Fuchs, Vienna, 1977; certificates by venturi arte and the Hilliard Collection - 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: A Sphinx
Ernst Fuchs (Wien 1930 - Wien 2015)
A Sphinx
Lot-No. 488
Proceeds : 1.400 €
1977. Bronze, brown patinated. Bronze: H. 19 x w. 34 x d. 16 cm, marble base: H. 4,5 cm. Signed Ernst Fuchs, numbered copy 641/1000, foundry mark venturi arte. Both forearms rep. From the edition of the Hilliard Collection, Munich. With work sheet with dedication by the artist - Expertise: Handwritten certificate by Ernst Fuchs, Vienna, 1977; certificates by venturi arte and the Hilliard Collection - 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.).
