Lot n° 128
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
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Result
: 1 100EUR
Arno Breker (1900-1991) - Lot 128
Arno Breker (1900-1991)
Apollo torso, 1944 model
Resin print
Signed and numbered on the back of the left leg "A. Brecker 5/50" on the back of the left leg.
Marble base.
H. 57 cm (including base 14 cm) x W. 25 cm x D. 23 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° 276
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