Elaborately handcrafted Sicilian Aphrodite from Syracuse, Hellenistic, 240-200 B.C. The original is in the National Museum of Naples. Reduction made of high-quality, weather-resistant cast stone. Size 35 x 94 cm (W/H). Weight approx. 40 kg.
No other fragment of ancient sculpture has been the subject of so much praise over the centuries. From Michelangelo to Rodin, many of the greatest artists have worked on the torso. This special edition of the torso was created in collaboration with the Glyptothek in Munich and we are able to offer it to you at an exceptional price. Original: 1st century BC, height 159 cm. Vatican, Museo Pio-Clementino, Sala delle Muse. Marble. Reduction. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand, with diabase base. Total height 35 cm, plinth 16 x 15 x 4 cm.
Aristide Maillol's main theme is the female nude, which - although developed from a live model - he executed as a harmonious, sensual femininity par excellence, dispensing with individual features. The 'Standing Bather with Cloth' shows that Maillol had found his own formal language early on, which he hardly changed over the following decades. Fine bronze, cast by hand using the lost wax technique and patinated brown like the original. Moulded directly from the original and reduced in size (reduction). Limited edition of 980 copies, individually numbered and bearing the signature and foundry mark taken from the original. ars mundi exclusive edition, published in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Bremen. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size 38.5 x 10 x 10 cm (H/W/D). Weight 3.5 kg. 'The important French sculptor Aristide Maillol is represented by several works in the collection of the Kunsthalle Bremen. The artist combined a lifelong fascination with the motif of the female nude with a reduced, classical formal language. 'Standing Bather with Cloth' is a particularly beautiful example of a figure at rest in itself.' (Prof. Dr Christoph Grunenberg, Director of the Kunsthalle Bremen)
Sculpture in fine bronze, patinated, cast by hand using the lost wax technique. Limited edition of 75 pieces, numbered and signed, with certificate. Format sculpture with base plate 38.5 x 39 x 24 cm (h/w/d). Base plate 0.5 x 24 x 20 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 9 kg.
Sculpture in fine bronze, patinated, cast by hand using the lost wax technique. Limited edition of 75 pieces, numbered and signed, with certificate. Size of sculpture with base 30 x 16 x 12 cm (H/W/D). Weight approx. 4.5 kg.
Sculpture in fine bronze, patinated, cast by hand using the lost wax technique. Limited edition of 75 pieces, numbered and signed, with certificate. Sculpture size 45.5 x 30 x 32 cm (h/w/d). Base plate 1 x 22 x 22 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 15 kg.
'The bronze sculpture of the "Sitting Woman" testifies to the artist August Macke's great interest in different artistic techniques and his accompanying joy in experimenting with materials. The closed posture and the indefinite gaze convey an inner contentment and calm emanating from the sitter, which is also expressed in Macke's drawings and paintings. This basic mood fully corresponds to the artist's idea of paradise and a peaceful existence. (Dr Arnhold, Museum Director, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster) Original: 1912, plasticine, 23 x 17 x 15.5 cm, inv. no. F-1029 LM, donated by the Macke heirs. Sculpture in fine bronze, cast using the lost wax technique, chiselled, polished and patinated by hand. Limited edition of 100, numbered and hallmarked with the foundry and ars mundi stamp. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limited edition. Size 23 x 16 x 14 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 4.8 kg. Published in co-operation with the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster. ars mundi exclusive edition.
