Iron , mounted.88.8 x 178.5 x 151 cm.
- Unique artwork. - Monumental effect achieved through a radical reduction of the form. - Since the 1980s, Koenig's work has placed particular emphasis on themes such as death and transience. - Exhibited in the artist's comprehensive retrospective in Florence in 2018. - Extremely rare: offered on the international auction market for the first time. - Sculptures by Fritz Koenig are in many important collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Skulpturen. Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2003, CR no. 710 (illustrated in black and white on p. 187).

Fritz Koenig 1924-2017. Die Retrospektive, Galleria degli Uffizi, Galleria delle Statue e delle Pitture, Boboli Gardens, Florence, June 21-October 7, 2018

Fritz and Maria Koenig Foundation, Landshut. Private collection (2010, directly from the artist)

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