Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 25 May - 1 June 2020
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 588
About this Item
Dorte Berner
German/Namibian 1942-
Vulture
signed, dated 86, and numbered 2/6 further inscribed the foundry mark 'IMI 90.25.92'
bronze
height: 77,5cm; width: 50cm
Notes
"A work of art of special significance is the large, powerful 'Vulture' which was originally sculpted in steatite and then cast in bronze six times. Here Dörte Berner's dramatic talent becomes evident. The vulture's sudden forward movement is stopped by the curved beak, the point of which is as sharp as needle and leads back to the great powerful body."1
1. Adelheid Lilienthal, page 89.
Provenance
The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection.
Literature
Adelheid Lilienthal (1997) Art in Namibia: National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek: National Art Gallery of Namibia. Page 89 and illustrated in colour.
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