Auction:
26.11.2016
Year:
(1907-1975)
Artwork:
Standing Figure with Crossed Arms
Stehende Figur mit Erhobenen Armen
1958
Original bronze cast / Erste Fassung
Height of the statue: 82 cm (82 x 20 x 22 cm)
Signed on plinth “FW’
Provenance:
Wilhelm Anger’s collection
Bought in the Gallery Otto M. Gerson “Fine Arts Associates” New York in the1960s
Certificate of authenticity from Galerie bei der Albertina Vienna is attached.
Fritz Wotruba was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria. In his work, he increasingly dissolves figurative components in favor of geometrical abstraction with the shape of the cube as the basic form.
