Iron , muonted, with red-brown patina. Scratched monogram in lower left on front side. One of 3 copies. 40 x 18 x 12 cm.
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- Rare: One of only 3 copies. - Beginning in the 1980s, Koening dedicated his work to transience, creating his famous epitaphs and the "Icarus" group. - Homage to the ingenious engineer and tragic visionary of ancient mythology. - Koenig's sculptures are in many important collections, among them the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 2: Skulpturen, Munich 2003, no. 786 (illu. on p. 190).
