Michael Croissant
1928 - 2002
Figur. 1994.
Bronze, welded, mounted on a stone base.
Monogram, date, and the designation “452” in the lower left. Height: 195 cm (76.7 in). Base: 9,5 x 60 cm (3,7 x 23,6 x 9,8 in).
The work is listed under number 452 in Michael Croissant’s workbook. [EH].

• Unique piece.
• Croissant’s style is characterized by a geometrically abstract formal language.
• However, Croissant developed his abstract stelae from figuration: from his “Standing Figures” of the 1970s, based on Greek and Egyptian models.
• Other works by the artist are held, among others, by the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; and the Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Appel und Fertsch, Frankfurt am Main.
Private collection, Hesse (1996, acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Michael Croissant, Galerie Appel und Fertsch, Frankfurt a. Main, 1996 (no cat.).

LITERATURE: osephine Gabler, Birk Ohnesorge, The Sculptor Michael Croissant (1928–2002). With a catalogue raisonné of the sculptures, Berlin 2003, CR no. 1104 (illustrated).


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