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Carl Spitzweg
5th February 1808 – 23th September 1885
Carl Spitzweg was born on 5th of February in 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen, Bavaria. Although trained as a chemist, he discovered quite early his talent for drawing and his affinity with art. Spitzweg travelled extensively during his lifetime and the impressions formed by his travels greatly influenced his work. Shortly after completing his studies in pharmaceutics in 1832, he visited Italy. It was particularly in the cities of Florence, Rome, and Naples that he discovered the many significant works of Western culture which were to leave a permanent imprint on him.
A severe case of dysentery in 1833 strengthened his resolve to abandon his career as a chemist and he proceeded to commit himself solely to his painting. In June 1835, he became a member of the Munich Art Association and travelled that same year to southern Tirol with the landscape painter Eduard Schleich, the Elder.
In 1839 he completed his first painting entitled ''The Poor Poet'. Although this recurring motif would later be considered his most well-known body of work, the painting was not accepted at this time by the jury of the Munich Art Association.
As regards his graphic production, the first publication in 1844 of his own illustrations in the Munich weekly paper 'Fliegende Blätter' is considered quite significant. His visits to the Industrial Exposition in Paris and the World's Fair exhibition in London in 1851 were his first contact with the Oriental scenes which would begin to inform his work.
To the deserving painter were bestowed numerous honours during the second half of Spitzweg's lifetime: in 1865 the Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael was conferred upon him, and in 1875 he was named an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Carl Spitzweg died on 23th of September in 1885 and was entombed in the historic South Cemetery in Munich.
He leaves behind a body of work dedicated to the townspeople who inhibit his genre scenes, and with acute and pointed, but never ill-natured humour he portrays the everday bourgeois life of his time.
Lit: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke, Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart: Belser, 2002.
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Spoerri, Daniel
Born 1930 Galati.
E «Die Spieler (player)». 1985. Seven bronze figures and a bronze ball. Each verso signed and numbered 3/8 on the head. Provenence: private collection Switzerland. Exhibition: Niki & Friends - Skulptur im öffentlichen Raum, Fontana park Chur, 2009; Daniel Spoerri - Bronzen, Europäisches Kulturforum Mainau, castle grounds Mainau, 2001. Literature: Barbara Räderscheidt amongst others, Daniel Spoerri - Bronzen, Europäisches Kulturforum Mainau, castle grounds Mainau 2001, ill. p. 21. The sculptures can be visited with appointment at their current location in Ascona, Switzerland. Buyer carries responsibility and cost of transport.
Für dieses Objekt wird zusätzlich die gesetzliche Einfuhr-Umsatzsteuer von 7 % auf den Nettopreis (Zuschlagspreis + Aufgeld) hinzugerechnet. Wird das Objekt nach dem Zuschlag wieder in die Schweiz gebracht, entfällt die Einfuhr-Umsatzsteuer.
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Geb. 1930 Galati.
«Die Spieler». 1985. Sieben Bronzen und ein Bronze-Ball. Sieben abstrakte Figuren, jeweils bestehend aus einem Ring und einer aufgesetzten Verlängerung, in unterschiedlicher Ausformung, sowie ein Ball. Jeweils verso am Kopf sign. und num. 3/8. H. circa 170 cm.
Die Skulpturen tragen wie Spielfiguren individuelle Titel: der Dichter, der Priester, der Verfolgte, der Stenz, die sich kratzende Dame, der Reiter, der SS-Offizier und ein Ball. Trotz der starken Abstraktion nimmt der Betrachter die Skulpturen, nicht zuletzt aufgrund der teils provokanten und absurden Betitelung, als Individuen wahr, die für gewisse Typen oder Handlungen stehen. Obwohl die Titel unterschiedliche, ja gegensätzliche Assoziationen beim Rezipienten hervorrufen, 'spielen' die Figuren, je nachdem, wie sie drapiert werden, gemeinsam ein Ballspiel.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung Schweiz.
Ausstellung: Niki & Friends - Skulptur im öffentlichen Raum, Fontana Park Chur, 2009; Daniel Spoerri - Bronzen, Europäisches Kulturforum Mainau, Schlosspark Mainau, 2001.
Literatur: u.a. Barbara Räderscheidt, Daniel Spoerri - Bronzen, Europäisches Kulturforum Mainau, Schlosspark Mainau 2001, Abb. S. 21.
Die Skulpturen befinden sich in Ascona, Schweiz, und können dort nach Terminvereinbarung besichtigt werden. Transportkosten und -abwicklung gehen zu Lasten des Ersteigerers.