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ANTIQUE #SA1132904

Two Art Nouveau Copper Relief Plaques By Austrian Sculptor Karl Sterrer C1890 (signed)

Status: This item has been sold
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Technical Description
 
Two magnificent Art Nouveau copper reliefs by the Austrian sculptor Karl Sterrer dating to c1890. The pencil inscriptions on the back name then as Aphrodite and Prometheus but is more likely to be Aurora the goddess of dawn, and Luna, the goddess in heaven and of the full moon. Signatures on the lower right and they have their original frames and card backs.
 
Amazing wall art for any house style.
 
Date & Origin
 
Austria, c1890
 
Condition
 
Copper in excellent condition, the original frames showing some sign of wear.
 
Dimensions (Frame)
 
Frame 57x31cm
 
Comments
 
Karl Sterrer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Alios Delug and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1908 and the Reichel Prize, in 1919. He was the son of a sculpture and was one of the first Austrian artists to be intrigued by the beginnings of German Expressionism.
 
Today, examples of Sterrer''s original prints and paintings are housed in the collections of t...
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Specialists in 18th & 19th Century Antique Glass
Lanarkshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 01501 228 282
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD