Kunst und Antiquitäten - Antiken, Asiatika und Russische Kunst

| 277 Ladislav Saloun (1870 - 1946) - a bronze of Miroslav Tyrs, Prague, circa 1909 Patinated bronze. Three-dimensional figure of the renowned Czech nationalist in slight contra­ pposto, his right armholding a lowered sword is turned towards the viewer. On a square plinth signed “SALOUN” on the right. Base of black- grey marble. Blade of the sword broken and well restored. Height without base 66.5 cm. Miroslav Tyrs (1832 - 1884) was a renowned Bohemian art critic, art historian and co-­ founder of the Czech gymnastics movement Sokol. Ladislav Saloun (1867 - 1942), Czech sculptor, worked in Prague. In 1912, he became a mem- ber of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in 1927, he was appointed permanent artistic con­ sultant to the city of Prague and was desig­ nated as National Artist in 1946. He is one of the most distinguished representatives of the Czech Art Nouveau symbolism. The bronze on offer is a smaller version of the Tyrs monu- ment in the Lesser Town of Prague created by him in 1909. 295140 II € 2.000 315 Arthur, König von England - Bronzefigur nach der Innsbrucker Hofkirche, 20. Jhdt. Schwere Plastik aus schwarzbraun patiniertem Buntmetall. Sehr formenreiche, detaillierte Ganzfigur in voller Rüstung mit beweglichem Visier. Gesamthöhe 29 cm. Nach der Statue König Artus’ von Peter Vischer 1512 am Grabmal Kaiser Maximilians I. in der Inns- brucker Hofkirche. 292491 II + € 700 314 314 Photo 2 314