The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined | Day Auction

The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined | Day Auction

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The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined

Markus Raetz

Metamorphose II

Auction Closed

November 9, 06:24 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined

Markus Raetz

1941 - 2020


Metamorphose II

incised with the artist's initials, title, date 1991/92 and number 4 /6 (on the underside of the sculpture)

cast iron with concrete base

overall: 77 by 14 by 13 in. (195.6 by 35.6 by 33 cm.)

sculpture: 15 ½ by 13 ⅛1/8 by 13 ¼1/4 in.  (39.4 by 33.3 by 33.7 cm.)

Executed in 1991-92, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6.

Please refer to Sothebys.com for updated cataloguing for this work. This work is number 4 from an edition of 6.

Brooke Alexander Inc., New York

Acquired from the above in August 1993 by the present owner

New York, Brooke Alexander Inc., Markus Raetz, November - December 1992 (present example)

Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Markus Raetz, October 1993 - January 1994, no. 217, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Zoo Story: An Exhibition of Animals in Art for the Young and Young at Heart, December 2005 - October 2006 (present example)