Two flower-shaped models for a garden fountain

Georg Engst (Hamburg 1930 - Hamburg 2021)

1975. Bronze, patinated and polished. H. 8 x 11,5 x 12 cm and H. 8 x 11 x 11 cm. One model signed ENGST and foundry mark GUSS BARTH ELMENHORST, the second model signed and dated ENGST 75. Compositions from higher and lower segments, assembled into a flower. One of the two models was ultimately implemented as a fountain for the garden of the Carl Müller Foundation retirement home in Hamburg-Sasel, while the second model is the alternative design - Literature: Catalogue raisonné: Tiedge 103/104 - German sculptor, studied after theological studies at the Art Academy in Munich by Prof. Hiller and at the HFBK in Hamburg by E. Scharff. Since 1967 freelance artist in Jersbek near Bargteheide, especially working in wood, stone, bronze and steel, including numerous orders for public buildings, so-called 'Art on the building'. Lit.: Cat rais. Tiedge, Gisela. Das Werk von Georg Ernst. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum. Bonn, 2015.