Title: Herzsäule 2. Date: 1988. Technique: Lead, soldered and filled with lime mortar. Measurement: 56 x 9 x 12,5cm. Notation: Signed and dated (incised) on one plinth edge: GRÄSEL 88. As well as inscribed in the upper margin ER (heart) DER LIVIA. As well as inscribed on the plinth edge: SÄULE 2.
Condition: Slight dust accumulations in the depressions. Surface with slight spots. Occasional slight stainings. Otherwise in good condition.
Provenance: - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature: - Müller, Irmgard / Goerttlerm Klaus / Gräsel, Friedrich (ed.): Herz. Rätsel in Wissenschaft und Kunst. Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Ruhr - Universität Bochum / Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Bochum 1997, oeuvre no. 9.
VAN HAM Art Estate has managed the artistic estate of Friedrich Gräsel since 2025 and has compiled the online catalogue raisonné under www.friedrich-graesel.de. The work is listed under cat. rais. no. 0908.
Lot Details
GRÄSEL, FRIEDRICH 1927 Bochum - 2013 Osnabrück
Title: Herzsäule 2. Date: 1988. Technique: Lead, soldered and filled with lime mortar. Measurement: 56 x 9 x 12,5cm. Notation: Signed and dated (incised) on one plinth edge: GRÄSEL 88. As well as inscribed in the upper margin ER (heart) DER LIVIA. As well as inscribed on the plinth edge: SÄULE 2.
Condition: Slight dust accumulations in the depressions. Surface with slight spots. Occasional slight stainings. Otherwise in good condition.
Provenance: - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature: - Müller, Irmgard / Goerttlerm Klaus / Gräsel, Friedrich (ed.): Herz. Rätsel in Wissenschaft und Kunst. Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Ruhr - Universität Bochum / Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Bochum 1997, oeuvre no. 9.
VAN HAM Art Estate has managed the artistic estate of Friedrich Gräsel since 2025 and has compiled the online catalogue raisonné under www.friedrich-graesel.de. The work is listed under cat. rais. no. 0908.
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