Lot 132: Adolf Brütt , German b. 1855 Schwerttänzerin (The sword dancer) bronze, gilt patina on veined marble base

Name: Adolf Brütt , German b. 1855 Schwerttänzerin (The sword dancer) bronze, gilt patina on veined marble base
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: c51jntf991

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomMay 30, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Brutt 98 and inscribed: AKt.- GES. vorm: H. GLADENBECK & SOHN / BERLIN FRIEDRICHSHAGEN bronze, gilt patina on veined marble base

Dimensions

measurements note 87cm., 34¼in.

Artist or Maker

Adolf Brütt

Notes

Adolf Brütt studied at the Berlin Academy before moving to Munich where he became part of the Munich Secession. Brütt won a gold medal in the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900. A larger bronze version of his Schwerttänzerin is in the Kiel Rathaus.

RELATED LITERATURE
E. Benezit, Dictionaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, vol. 2, Paris, 1999, p. 908
C. Steckner, Der Bildhauer Adolf Brütt, Berlin, 1989, pp. 145-150

Auction Details

European Paintings including German, Austrian & Central European Paintings and The Orientalist Sale

Sotheby's

May 30, 2008, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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