Josef Pillhofer *
(Vienna 1921–2010)
“Hammurabi”, 1970, bronze, green patina,
monogrammed P, edition of 8, height 185 cm
Hammurabi - 6th king of the First Dynastie of Babylon -
Codex Hammurabi.
The stele with the codex is preserved at the Louvre.
One bronze exhibited and published:
Josef Pillhofer, Das Gestalthafte in der Natur, Plastiken und Zeichnungen, Mälzerei und Garten des Freiberger-Hauses, Mürzzuschlag, 30 October-5 December 1981, cat. no. 21;
Garten der Kunst, Österreichischer Skulpturenpark (Unterpremstätten near Graz), Österreichischer Skulpturenpark Privatstiftung, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006, p. 106, 107 (full-page colour ill.);
Josef Pillhofer, Das Ideal der Proportion, Künstlerhaus Wien,
2001, ill. p. 75
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
05.06.2019 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 32,800.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 45,000.-
Josef Pillhofer *
(Vienna 1921–2010)
“Hammurabi”, 1970, bronze, green patina,
monogrammed P, edition of 8, height 185 cm
Hammurabi - 6th king of the First Dynastie of Babylon -
Codex Hammurabi.
The stele with the codex is preserved at the Louvre.
One bronze exhibited and published:
Josef Pillhofer, Das Gestalthafte in der Natur, Plastiken und Zeichnungen, Mälzerei und Garten des Freiberger-Hauses, Mürzzuschlag, 30 October-5 December 1981, cat. no. 21;
Garten der Kunst, Österreichischer Skulpturenpark (Unterpremstätten near Graz), Österreichischer Skulpturenpark Privatstiftung, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006, p. 106, 107 (full-page colour ill.);
Josef Pillhofer, Das Ideal der Proportion, Künstlerhaus Wien,
2001, ill. p. 75
Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Post-War and Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 05.06.2019 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 25.05. - 05.06.2019 |
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