Lot 109
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.
CHF | 3'500 / 5'000 |
EUR | 3'300 / 4'700 |
USD | 3'600 / 5'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 8'000
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.