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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.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Fritz Behn. Ambush. Circa 1913.

Estimate:

EUR 30,000

 

- 40,000

USD 32,300

 

- 43,000

Sold for:

38,100 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Summer 2024

Modern Art, Friday, 31.05.2024

Information

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.

We would like to thank Dr. Joachim Zeller, Berlin, for confirming the authenticity of the bronze.

Formerly collection Charles Sydney Gibbes, Oxford

Franz Marc. Collection II. Moderne Galerie Thannhauser, Munich, 1913 / Ausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbundes. Mannheim, Kunsthalle, 1913, cat. no. 401 ill.

Willy 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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