FRANZ BARWIG
| Designed by | Franz Barwig, 1911 |
| Marked | Signed on the side of the base: F. BARWIG |
| Dimensions | H 33 cm |
| Material | Bronze, patinated, very good original condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | Egret: M. Eisler, Österreichische Werkkultur, 1916, ill. p. 140; Österreichische Galerie im Oberen Belvedere, 1969, Franz Barwig, p. 32; Kunst und Kunsthandwerk, XV, 1912, p. 350 |
The ibex and the egret were created for the 1911 spring exhibition of the Vienna Hagenbund. In the following years, the figures were shown at numerous exhibitions: in the winter of 1911/12 at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry in Vienna, in 1912 at the Great Art Exhibition in Dresden, in 1913 at the Munich ‘Crystal Palace’, in 1931 at the memorial exhibition at the Vienna Secession, and in 1937 at the Exposition d´Art Autrichien.
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