Bronze with gray-brown patina. With the monogram engraved on the front in the bottom right and with the numbering on the right side. Copy 1/5. 27.5 x 20 x 5 cm.
The work is a unique piece, as no other copies were cast. [AW].
- Unique object. - Transience occupies a special place in Koenig's work, giving rise to his famous epitaphs. - In 2024, the Glyptothek in Munich held a major exhibition to mark the sculptor's 100th birthday.
• Koenig's sculptures are in numerous important collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
LITERATURE: Dietrich Clarenbach, Fritz Koenig. Skultpuren. Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2003, catalogue raisonné no. 557. - - Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, 299th auction, March 31, 2006, lot 1119 (illustrated in color).

Fritz Koenig, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, March 30 - May 19, 1974, cat. no. 119 (illustrated on p. 152)

Private collection, Baden-Württemberg. Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2006)

In good condition. Isolated minor signs of wear.