(1907 Vienna 1975) Torso. 1969. Bronze, gold-brown patina. Signed and numbered on the rear right corner: Wotruba 5/7. On the interiour with the foundry mark: GUSS A. ZOTTL WIEN. H 63.4 cm. Provenance: Swiss private collection, by descent to the present owners. Literature: - Jürg Janett: Fritz Wotruba, Werkverzeichnis, Skulpturen/Relief/Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle, St. Gallen 2002, p. 262, no. 310 (with ill. of the stone). - Otto Breicha: Wotruba. Figur als Widerstand, Salzburg 1977, p. 175 (with ill.). - Friedrich Heer: Fritz Wotruba, St. Gallen 1977, p. 125 (with ill. of the marble). - Jeremy Strick: Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building, Washington, D.C., 1989, p. 114/115 (other cast). The torso was one of the most important themes in Fritz Worubas art, already beginning in the 1920s. Created in 1969, the bronze offered here is therefore a late work. It represents the culmination of the artistic transformation of the depiction of the human form, from a figurative to an abstract manner. Another example of this figure can be found in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. FRITZ WOTRUBA (1907 Wien 1975) Torso. 1969. Bronze, goldbraune Patina. In der hinteren rechten Ecke signiert und nummeriert: Wotruba 5/7. Auf der Innenseite mit dem Giesserstempel: GUSS A. ZOTTL WIEN. H 63,4 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, durch Erbschaft an**heutigen Besitzer. Literatur: - Jürg Janett: Fritz Wotruba, Werkverzeichnis, Skulpturen/Relief/Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle, St. Gallen 2002, S. 262, Nr. 310 (mit Abb. des Steins). - Otto Breicha: Wotruba. Figur als Widerstand, Salzburg 1977, S. 175 (mit Abb. anderer Guss). - Friedrich Heer: Fritz Wotruba, St. Gallen 1977, S. 125 (mit Abb. des Marmors). - Jeremy Strick: Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building, Washington, D.C., 1989, S. 114/115 (anderer Guss). Der Torso als eines der wichtigsten Sujets in Fritz Wotrubas Kunst wird vom Künstler bereits in den 1920er-Jahren aufgegriffen. Bei der hier angebotenen Bronze handelt es sich um ein Sp?twerk, welches 1969 entsteht. Der künstlerische Wandel der Darstellung des menschlichen K?rpers von figürlichen Plastiken in eine abstrakte Skulptur findet hier seinen H?hepunkt. Ein weiteres Exemplar dieser Figur befindet sich in der National Gallery of Art in Washington.
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