Fritz Behn
Klein Grabow 1878 – 1970 Munich
Ambush. Circa 1913
Bronze with green-black patina. 103 × 108 × 62 cm. (40 ½ × 42 ½ × 24 ⅜ in.) Signed on the plinth at the back: Fritz Behn. Unique work. [3072]
ProvenanceFormerly collection Charles Sydney Gibbes, Oxford
EUR 30.000 – 40.000
USD 32,300 – 43,000
We would like to thank Dr. Joachim Zeller, Berlin, for confirming the authenticity of the bronze.
ExhibitionFranz Marc. Collection II. Moderne Galerie Thannhauser, Munich, 1913 / Ausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbundes. Mannheim, Kunsthalle, 1913, cat. no. 401 ill.
Literature and IllustrationWilly F. Storck: Die Ausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbundes in Mannheim 1913. In: Die Kunst für alle: Malerei, Graphik, Architektur. 28.1912-1913. p. 481-494, here p. 492, ill. p. 502 / Hugo Schmidt (ed.): Fritz Behn als Tierplastiker. Munich, Hugo Schmidt Verlag, 1922, ill. p. 40-41 / Joachim Zeller: Wilde Moderne. Berlin, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2016, ill p. 51
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