Lot 210 D

Karl Hartung - Robert Schumann

Auction 1257 - overview Cologne
30.11.2024, 11:00 - Modern and Contemporary Art - Day Sale
Estimate: 7.000 € - 9.000 €
Result: 9.450 € (incl. premium)

Karl Hartung

Robert Schumann
1956

Bronze. Height 36 cm. Signed 'HARTUNG' at the side lower right and foundry mark "W. FÜSSEL BERLIN" underneath. Lifetime cast. From a total edition of 6 + 1 AP. - A fine, greenish shimmering patina.

The monument to the composer Robert Schumann was commissioned by the city of Düsseldorf in 1956. The larger bronze head of the composer now stands in Düsseldorf's Hofgarten, near the opera house.

Catalogue Raisonné

Krause 578

Certificate

We would like to thank the Estate of Karl Hartung for kind additional information.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin; thenceforth family ownership