A small bronze figure 'The founder or Self-Portrait as Fafner'
Alfred Hrdlicka (Wien 1928 - Wien 2009)
Lot-No. 710
Around 1986. Bronze with light brown patina, h. 10,5 cm, mongr. and num. 'AH 20/100', foundary mark 'A. Zöttel Wien'. - Important Austrian sculptor, painter a. graphic artist, studied painting at the Vienna academy under A.P. Gütersloh a. sculpting under F. Wotruba, his pwerful expressive style often serves to communicate political messages.
Alfred Hrdlicka: A small bronze figure 'The founder or Self-Portrait as Fafner'
Alfred Hrdlicka (Wien 1928 - Wien 2009)
A small bronze figure 'The founder or Self-Portrait as Fafner'
Lot-No. 710
Around 1986. Bronze with light brown patina, h. 10,5 cm, mongr. and num. 'AH 20/100', foundary mark 'A. Zöttel Wien'. - Important Austrian sculptor, painter a. graphic artist, studied painting at the Vienna academy under A.P. Gütersloh a. sculpting under F. Wotruba, his pwerful expressive style often serves to communicate political messages.