Live Auction 6097Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A GERMAN BRONZE MODEL OF AN ARCHER (BOGUNSCHÜTZE)
Lot 496

A GERMAN BRONZE MODEL OF AN ARCHER (BOGUNSCHÜTZE)

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER ERNST MORITZ GEYGER (1861-1941)

Closed22 May 2012

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GBP 3,750

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A GERMAN BRONZE MODEL OF AN ARCHER (BOGUNSCHÜTZE)
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER ERNST MORITZ GEYGER (1861-1941)
With cast signature 'E. GEYGER Fec.' and foundry inscription 'Aktien-Gesellschaft/Gladenbeck.'
22 in. (56 cm.) high to tip of bow

Specialist note

In 1895 Geyer settled in Florence. Soon after he executed the four meter high Bogenschütze which was included in the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung in 1900. In 1902 Kaiser Wilhelm II purchased the monumental work and placed it in Park Sanssouci in Potsdam.
The Gladenbeck foundry acquired the rights to cast reductions in bronze.