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Estimate: € 300
OTTO, WALDEMAR
1929 Petrikau/Poland–2020 Worpswede
Title: Kleiner Mann mit Jacke im Kasten.
Date: 1972.
Technique: Bronze and iron casting, brown-green patina.
Measurement: 18,3 x 6,5 x 11,2 cm.
Notation: Dated, monogrammed and signed on the left side at the top: 72 WO unicat.
Description:
This is a unique piece.
In the 1970s, Waldemar Otto developed a new theme: the figure in space. The present work shows a small male figure surrounded by a massive box. This reflects the existential nature of man in the contrast of his inherent fears and external threats.
Condition:
For a condition report, please contact Ms. Charlotte Gaitzsch at c.gaitzsch@van-ham.com.
VAN HAM Art Estate has been cooperating with the artistic estate of Waldemar Otto since 2024.
Provenance:
- Estate Waldemar Otto.
Exhibitions:
- Städtische Museen Heilbronn und Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1984
- Galerie Cohrs-Zirus, Worpswede 1990.
Literature:
- Exhibition catalogue: Waldemar Otto. Keine Retrospektive!, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen 2009,
also serving as a catalogue raisonné, CR No.
125, ill.
- Exhibition catalogue: Waldemar Otto. Figur und Raum. Skulpturen 1969–1983, Städtische Museen
Heilbronn and Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1984, p. 52, ill.
- Exhibition catalogue: Waldemar Otto. Sculptures, Drawings and Small Formats, Galerie Cohrs-Zirus,
Worpswede 1990, p. 57, ill.
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