Lot n° 118
Estimation :
1500 - 2000
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 2 700EUR
Arno Breker (1900-1991) - Lot 118
Arno Breker (1900-1991)
Winner's torso, model of 1935
Bronze with nuanced brown-red patina
Signed and stamped "Guss Barth Berlin".
Marble base
H. 40 cm (including 5 cm base) x W. 15 cm x D. 11 cm
Provenance: Dominique and Denise Egret Collection
The son of a sculptor, Arno Breker entered the Düsseldorf School of Fine Arts in 1919, then moved to Paris in 1925, where he trained with Despiau and admired the work of Maillol. After a stay in Italy, he returned to Germany in 1937. Influenced by the canons of ancient Greece, he sculpted athletic figures.
Related literature:
Dominique Egret, Arno Breker, Une vie pour le beau, Ed. Grabert Tübingen, 1996, N° 110
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