Sleeping cat
Wolfgang Binding (München 1937)
Lot-No. 128
2003. Colored chalk. 24.5 x 24.5 cm. Matted and framed under glass. Monogrammed and dated Bi 03 lower right. Pale matburn. Verso drawing - German sculptor. After an apprenticeship as a sculptor and stonemason, Binding moved to the Düsseldorf Art Academy, where he studied from 1959 to 1963. Binding is considered the most important animal sculptor of the post-war period and also created numerous sculptures, fountains and monuments for public spaces for several cities in Germany and Switzerland, e.g. the large sculpture 'Playing Horses', CHIO Reitstadion Aachen, 2006, and 'Große Ziege', Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Mus.: Lit.:
Wolfgang Binding: Sleeping cat
Wolfgang Binding (München 1937)
Sleeping cat
Lot-No. 128
| Date: | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Technique: | Colored chalk |
| Dimensions: | 24.5 x 24.5 cm |
| Frame: | Matted and framed under glass |
| Mark/Notation: | Monogrammed and dated Bi 03 lower right |
| Condition: | Pale matburn |
| Description: | Verso drawing |
Vita:
German sculptor. After completing an apprenticeship as a sculptor and stonemason, Binding studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1959 to 1963 as a master student of Zoltan Székessy; in 1962 he was awarded the Ernst Poensgen Prize by the Düsseldorf Art Academy and, in 1963, the City of Cologne’s Encouragement Prize for Sculpture. Following periods abroad in Alexandria and Cairo, he qualified as a professor at RWTH Aachen University in 1973; from 1975 to 1976 he was a visiting professor at Northern Michigan University in the USA, and from 1977 onwards he was Professor of Sculpture at RWTH Aachen University. In 1993, Binding finally settled in Eynatten on the German-Belgian border as a freelance artist. - Binding is regarded as the most important animal sculptor of the post-war period and also created numerous sculptures, fountains and monuments for public spaces in several cities in Germany and Switzerland, e.g. the large-scale sculpture ‘Playing Horses’ at the CHIO Equestrian Stadium in Aachen (2006) and ‘Large Goat’ at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Mus.: Lit.:
