Lot n° 125
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 700EUR
Arno Breker (1900-1991) - Lot 125
Arno Breker (1900-1991)
Portrait of Jean Cocteau, circa 1963
Resin print numbered "3/50".
Signed in ink "Arno Brecker" on the neck
Marble base
H. 34 (including 10 cm base) x W. 14 x D. 14 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° 333
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