A Female Torso
Ulrich Beier (Flensburg 1928 - Reinbek 1981)
Lot-No. 642
Proceeds : 1.900 €
1954 (Pine Wood), bronze cast after 1992. Bronze, black patinated. H. 46 cm. Founder's stamp GUSS WITTKAMP ELMENHORST on the lower edge of the l. thigh, numbered on the underside 3/7. The torso, initially executed in pine, is one of the artist's early works and shows his engagement with the abstract tendencies in sculpture of the 1950s - Literature: Cat. Rais. 11 (Pine wood) - German sculptor, after an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor, studied sculpture with Richard Steffen in Hamburg from 1948-52, then worked as a freelance sculptor, member of Group 56 in Schleswig-Holstein. In his unmistakable handwriting, Beier created numerous archaic-looking works in wood, bronze and his preferred material, stone. His best-known works include the bronze 'Triade' (1964) for the Funkhaus in Hamburg, the double-faced stone head made of onyx (1969), which was presented as a state gift to Pope Paul VI in 1973, or the sundial (1976/77) in Mobile/Alabama. Lit.: Beier, Ulrich und Jens Christian Jensen. Ulrich Beier, Bildhauer. Hamburg, 1992
Ulrich Beier: A Female Torso
Ulrich Beier (Flensburg 1928 - Reinbek 1981)
A Female Torso
Lot-No. 642
Proceeds : 1.900 €
1954 (Pine Wood), bronze cast after 1992. Bronze, black patinated. H. 46 cm. Founder's stamp GUSS WITTKAMP ELMENHORST on the lower edge of the l. thigh, numbered on the underside 3/7. The torso, initially executed in pine, is one of the artist's early works and shows his engagement with the abstract tendencies in sculpture of the 1950s - Literature: Cat. Rais. 11 (Pine wood) - German sculptor, after an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor, studied sculpture with Richard Steffen in Hamburg from 1948-52, then worked as a freelance sculptor, member of Group 56 in Schleswig-Holstein. In his unmistakable handwriting, Beier created numerous archaic-looking works in wood, bronze and his preferred material, stone. His best-known works include the bronze 'Triade' (1964) for the Funkhaus in Hamburg, the double-faced stone head made of onyx (1969), which was presented as a state gift to Pope Paul VI in 1973, or the sundial (1976/77) in Mobile/Alabama. Lit.: Beier, Ulrich und Jens Christian Jensen. Ulrich Beier, Bildhauer. Hamburg, 1992
