Étienne István Beothy - Dominant sept accord (Opus 81) - image-1

Lot 37 D

Étienne István Beothy - Dominant sept accord (Opus 81)

Auction 932 - overview Cologne
06.12.2008, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 8.400 € (incl. premium)
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Boonze sculpture, brass coloured, highly polished. Height
111.7 cm. On the back of the cast with quadratic socle (5.8 x 15.3 c 15.5 cm) signed and dated EBeothy (joined) 1938, inscribed and numbered opus 81 5/6 and with the hammered foundry mark "CLEMENTI CIRE PERDUE." - Posthumous cast, authorized by the estate, of the wooden sculpture with the same name.

Certificate

With a certificate from Ayin Beothy, the artist's daughter, Paris.

Provenance

Private collection, France

Literature

cf. exhib. cat. Etienne Beothy, ein Klassiker der Bildhauerei, Retrospektive, Skulpturenmuseum Galskasten, Marl 1979, nr. 27 mit with coll. ill. plate III (wooden sculpture)