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Alfred Hrdlicka (born 1928 in Vienna 1928) "Das Treffen in Schwechat" ("The Meeting in Schwechat"...

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Alfred Hrdlicka (born 1928 in Vienna 1928) Das Treffen in Schwechat ( The Meeting in Schwechat ...
Alfred Hrdlicka
(born 1928 in Vienna 1928)
"Das Treffen in Schwechat" ("The Meeting in Schwechat"), 1983, light brown patinated bronze, monogrammed A. H., No. 8 of 75 numbered casts (+ 10EA)
15 x 16 x 9 cm, (K)
EURO 1,400 - 1,800 US$ 1,400 - 1,800
Michael Lewin, Alfred Hrdlicka, Das Gesamtwerk, Bildhauerei, Europaverlag, 1987, pp. 338, 339, catalogue raisonné No. 187/a.: The double head recalls the meeting between Emperor Leopold of Austria and the Polish King Sobieski in Schwechat near Vienna after the end of the Turkish siege. The portraits also suggest that the atmosphere was not a friendly one.
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