Lot 29: Elisabeth Turolt (Zuckmantel 1902-1966 Vienna)

Elisabeth Turolt (Zuckmantel 1902-1966 Vienna) Horse, c. 1954, dark patinated bronze, height 36 x 36 x 30 cm, the right hindleg damaged, (K) Between 1915 and 1918 Elisabeth Turolt studied with Norbertine Bresslern-Roth at the Landeskunstschule in Graz and with Zicek at the Vienna Academy. In 1923 she was a student of Karl Sterrer. She was self-taught as a sculptor, working in wood, stone, sheet iron, bronze, and ceramics. Member of the Hagenbund. She was forbidden to work under the Nazi regime. Chief works: Negro Mother (stoneware) for the Howard University in Washington; Water Buffalo and Boy (stoneware) for the City of Vienna; Bar (stoneware) for the City of Vienna; Accordionist (cement) for the City of Vienna; Juvenile Shepherd (stone) for the City of Linz. Winner of the gold medal at the Xth Triennial in Milan in 1954 (Bull and Dying Horse). Hans Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Artist des XX. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1958, vol. 4, p. 484.