Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Monday, 25 November 2019, 06:00 pm

Hans Erni, Minotaurus im Labyrinth

Lot 109

Hans Erni, 1909-2015 (CH)

Minotaurus im Labyrinth, 1998

Bronze sculpture, 7-piece.

H 220 mm W 170 mm D 150 mm; Dia 650 mm.
4/12. Signed on the back of the Minotaurus: Erni.

CHF3'500 / 5'000
EUR3'300 / 4'700
USD3'600 / 5'000

Hammer Price: CHF 8'000

Annotation:

Provenance: Swiss private property.

Literature:
see. Exhibition catalogue, Hans Erni Rétrospective.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1998.
Texts and illustrations on page 85 and following.
No. 84, Illustration on page 175. Each illustration of the plaster model.

see. Karl Bühlmann. Hans Erni, Dialog: Arbeiten im öffentlichen Raum mit Werkverzeichnis. Wabern, Benteli Verlag, 2004.
Text on page 178, full-page color illustration on page 179; illustration on page 211.

Annotation:
A large sculpture of the Minotaurus in bronze is placed in Martigny at the roundabout of the main street which leads directly into the city; another work is placed in the garden of the Hans Erni Museums in Lucerne.