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May 10, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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Fritz Wotruba (Austrian, 1907-1975) Stehender

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$7,380$6,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3248BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 10, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Fritz Wotruba (Austrian, 1907-1975)

Stehender
Initialed "FW" in the edge of the bronze base.
Bronze with dark brown patina, height 14 in. (35.0 cm),on a black wood plinth.
Condition: Dust and dirt.

Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Meyer Jacobs, New York, while traveling in Austria; by descent within the Jacobs family.

Literature: Otto Breicha, Wotruba, Figur als Widerstand, Bilder und Schriften zu Leben und Werk (Salzburg: Verlag der Galerie Welz, 1995),Plates 43/44.

N.B. Otto Breicha's book provides the date of 1950 for this sculpture.
Estimate $12,000-18,000


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Keywords

B. Otto Breicha, Otto Breicha, Meyer Jacobs, Austria