A Figure Group 'Three Unicyclists in Balance'
Georg Engst (Hamburg 1930)
Lot-No. 422
Proceeds : 7.600 €
1982. Bronze with dark brown patina. Sign. and dated onto the right wheel 'ENGST 82' and foundry mark ' 'GUSS BARTH ELMENHORST'. One of two casts, one of them in front of the sports hall Jahnschule in Kiel-Holtenau on behalf of the City of Kiel. Figures: 75 x 55 x 58 cm. - Literature: Cat. rais. Tiedge 139. - 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. Gisela Tiedge: Das Werk von Georg Ernst. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum. Bonn 2015. (http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2015/3990/3990.pdf ).
Georg Engst: A Figure Group 'Three Unicyclists in Balance'
A Figure Group 'Three Unicyclists in Balance'
Lot-No. 422
Proceeds : 7.600 €
1982. Bronze with dark brown patina. Sign. and dated onto the right wheel 'ENGST 82' and foundry mark ' 'GUSS BARTH ELMENHORST'. One of two casts, one of them in front of the sports hall Jahnschule in Kiel-Holtenau on behalf of the City of Kiel. Figures: 75 x 55 x 58 cm. - Literature: Cat. rais. Tiedge 139. - 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. Gisela Tiedge: Das Werk von Georg Ernst. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum. Bonn 2015. (http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2015/3990/3990.pdf ).
