Impressionist & Modern Art
Impressionist & Modern Art
Property from an Important Private Collection
Gunther Gerzso
Yaxchilán
Lot Closed
September 27, 06:41 PM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Gunther Gerzso
1915 - 2000
Yaxchilán
Inscribed Gerzso, dated 88 and numbered 4/6
Bronze
Height: 26 in. (66 cm)
Conceived and cast in 1988 in an edition of 6.
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the artist and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 2001, lot 35)
Acquired at the above sale
Rita Eder, Gunther Gerzso: El esplendor de la muralla, Mexico City, 1994, illustration of another cast in color p. 108
New York, Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, Gunther Gerzso, 80th Birthday Show, 1995, no. 30, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Yaxchilán, a Maya word that means "place of green stones," was one of the great religious centers of the Classic Maya period. The patina on this sculpture, painstakingly applied by hand, echoes the heavy encrustation of time on man's ancient monuments.