As of May 20, 2025

Jörg Immendorff

Lot 280
Fortuna (Frau auf Kugel), 1989
Bronze

42.1 x in (107.0 x 0.0 cm)

Lot 280
Fortuna (Frau auf Kugel), 1989
Bronze
42.1 x in (107.0 x 0.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
Auction: 17 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Jun 07, 2025
Auction number: 591
Auction name: Day Sale

Lot Details
Bronze with gray-green patina. On the right side of the plinth with the monogram, date, and the number “E.A. IV/VI”. Artist copy IV/VI. Height without base: 107 cm. Base: 70.5 x 80 x 80 cm.
Cast by Kayser, Düsseldorf (with the foundry mark on the plinth). [EH].
- Radical reinterpretation of the goddess of fortune as a fragile figure in the changing course of history. - Transience, power, and humanity—Immendorff turns the “Frau auf der Kugel” (Woman on the Globe) into an existential commentary. - The artist expands his political discourse to include sculpture.
LITERATURE: Dorotheum, Vienna, auction of Contemporary Art, November 25, 2009, Vienna, lot 36 (illustrated).
Immendorff. Für alle Lieben in der Welt, Haus der Kunst, Munich, September 14, 2018 - January 27, 2019; cat. no. 52 (illustrated) (different copy)
Private collection, Bavaria (2009, Dorotheum; family-owned since)
In good condition, with traces of corrosion and slight soiling.
Lot Details
Bronze with gray-green patina. On the right side of the plinth with the monogram, date, and the number “E.A. IV/VI”. Artist copy IV/VI. Height without base: 107 cm. Base: 70.5 x 80 x 80 cm.
Cast by Kayser, Düsseldorf (with the foundry mark on the plinth). [EH].
- Radical reinterpretation of the goddess of fortune as a fragile figure in the changing course of history. - Transience, power, and humanity—Immendorff turns the “Frau auf der Kugel” (Woman on the Globe) into an existential commentary. - The artist expands his political discourse to include sculpture.
LITERATURE: Dorotheum, Vienna, auction of Contemporary Art, November 25, 2009, Vienna, lot 36 (illustrated).
Immendorff. Für alle Lieben in der Welt, Haus der Kunst, Munich, September 14, 2018 - January 27, 2019; cat. no. 52 (illustrated) (different copy)
Private collection, Bavaria (2009, Dorotheum; family-owned since)
In good condition, with traces of corrosion and slight soiling.

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