Fritz Best, Hockende - photo 1

Fritz Best, Hockende

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Auction dateClassic
26.05.2018 12:00UTC +02:00
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Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
Event location
Germany, Plauen
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ID 74390
Lot 3715 | Fritz Best, Hockende
1. Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert, rückseitig signiert F. Best, Bronze braun patiniert, eindringliche Darstellung einer weiblichen Aktfigur, zusammengesunken auf einem flachen Podest kauernd, ihr Kopf ist geneigt, der Blick gedankenverloren gesenkt, ihre Arme hängen schwer an ihren Hüften hinunter, in bewegter Oberflächengestaltung, auf flacher runder Plinthe, Höhe 28 cm. Künstlerinfo: dt. Bildhauer und Maler, (1894 Kronberg bis 1980 ebenda), Meisterschüler am Frankfurter Städel, in seiner Heimatstadt Kronberg ist ihm ein eigenes Museum gewidmet, seine Hauptmotive als Bildhauer waren Menschen und Tiere, den Schützenbrunnen in der Kronberger Altstadt gestalteter er mit der Plastik „Heimkehrende Bäuerin mit Ziege”, eine Büste des Künstlers befindet sich auf dem nach ihm benannten Fritz-Best-Platz, Quelle: Internet.
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