A Grazing Deer
Fritz von Graevenitz (Stuttgart 1892 - Stuttgart 1959)
Lot-No. 617
Proceeds : 10.300 €
Designed 1921. Bronze, patinated. H. 78 cm. Monogrammed onto the plinth FvG. Slightly abstracted depiction of a grazing deer. Graevenitz created a first version 1921, additional casts in different sizes followed. 1937 the artist presented the deer to the public at the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich. Similar casts exist in Stuttgart, Killesberg or in front of the Graevenitz Museum, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart - German sculptor and painter, 1919-20 studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, guiding impressions by the Starnberg sculptor Gustaf Britsch, from 1921 Graevenitz worked as a freelance sculptor at Solitude near Stuttgart, in 1937 he became Director of the Academy of Arts in Stuttgart. Graevenitz worked portrait busts especially animal sculptures and large-scale works for public spaces. Mus.: Museum of Fritz Graevenitz (Schloß Solitude Stuttgart).
Fritz von Graevenitz: A Grazing Deer
Fritz von Graevenitz (Stuttgart 1892 - Stuttgart 1959)
A Grazing Deer
Lot-No. 617
Proceeds : 10.300 €
Designed 1921. Bronze, patinated. H. 78 cm. Monogrammed onto the plinth FvG. Slightly abstracted depiction of a grazing deer. Graevenitz created a first version 1921, additional casts in different sizes followed. 1937 the artist presented the deer to the public at the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich. Similar casts exist in Stuttgart, Killesberg or in front of the Graevenitz Museum, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart - German sculptor and painter, 1919-20 studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, guiding impressions by the Starnberg sculptor Gustaf Britsch, from 1921 Graevenitz worked as a freelance sculptor at Solitude near Stuttgart, in 1937 he became Director of the Academy of Arts in Stuttgart. Graevenitz worked portrait busts especially animal sculptures and large-scale works for public spaces. Mus.: Museum of Fritz Graevenitz (Schloß Solitude Stuttgart).
