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Fritz Cremer

Arnsberg 1906 – 1993 Berlin

Bust of Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956). 1956/57

Bronze with green-brown patina; stone base. 50 cm; base: 9 cm (19 ⅝ in.; base: 3 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Fritz Cremer. Bust of Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956). 1956/57.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 12,000

USD 9,100

 

- 13,700

Sold for:

10,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Bronze with green-brown patina; stone base. 50 cm; base: 9 cm (19 ⅝ in.; base: 3 ½ in.).

Related literature: Gerhard Thieme: Die Totenmaske von Bertolt Brecht; in: Dreigroschenheft , vol. 7 (2000), 1, p. 8f. / Gerd Brüne: Pathos und Sozialismus. Studien zum plastischen Werk Fritz Cremers (1906-1993), Weimar 2005, p. 333–340 and 444–446

Further casts: Albertinum – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden / Kunsthalle, Rostock / Neue Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Akademie der Künste, Berlin / Kunstarchiv Beeskow.

1957 gift of the artist and his neighbours to Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), Berlin – in the study of the house at Pfeilstraße 9, Niederschönhausen / 1962 Stephanie Eisler (1919-2003) / family collection

Exhibition on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Deutsche Akademie der Künste zu Berlin, exh. cat., Berlin 1960, p. 60, ill. 12 / Ausstellung Fritz Cremer, exh. cat, Berlin and Magdeburg 1961, ill. no. 47 (with another base)

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