Breuer, Peter (1856 Cologne - 1930 Berlin)

Lot 2524 limit € 190

Bronze, dark brown patina, reduced version of the Icarus figure created in 1914, nude portrait of a youth with wings spread wide, placed on a stepped base, version as a prize "For participation in the Saxony sightseeing flight September 19 and 20, 1925. Saxony group of the German Aviation Association. ", rs. inscribed, limited "1725/1925" and Lauchhammer foundry mark, screwed onto a black stone base (minor damage), good condition, total height approx. 18 cm; Apprenticeship as a stonemason, from 1874 studies at the Munich Art Academy, 1978 move to Berlin, from 1896 professorship for sculpture at the Art Academy Berlin-Charlottenburg/today Academy of Arts, is regarded as a pioneer of modernism, Breuer designed the original Icarus figure as part of the Otto Lilienthal monument in Berlin-Steglitz, the German aviation pioneer Lilienthal (1848-1896) was the first person to successfully complete a gliding flight in an airplane