Arno Breker (1900-1991) - Lot 119

Arno Breker (1900-1991) The Aurora Bronze with bronze patina Signed "A. Breker" and justified EA on the terrace Bears the founder's mark "GUSS BARTH BERLIN". H. 16 x W. 21.5 x D. 9 cm Provenance: Dominique and Denise Egret Collection This bronze is a reduction of the monumental sculpture L'Aurore created by Arno Breker for the Ehrenhof building in Düsseldorf in 1926. 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 : -Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Zur Kiskussion gestellt: der Bildhauer Arno Breker, cat. exp. Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, July 22-October 22, 2006, Schwerin, CW Verlagsgruppe, 2006, illustrated model p. 105 ; -Jürgen Trimborn, Arno Breker: der Künstler und die Machet: di Biographie, Berlin, Aufbau, 2011.