A Monkey Orchestra by Otto Pilz,
porcelain, polychromed and gilt, 9 pieces: guenon as conductor height 20 cm, model no. 60023, rhesus monkey as violinist height 18.5 cm, 60024, hamadryas baboon as bass violin height 22 cm, 60025, chimpanzee as clarinetist height 18.5 cm, 60026, orangutan as tuba player height 18 cm, 60027, rhesus monkey as drummer and cymbalist height 17 cm, 60028, crested baboon as accordion player height 18.5 cm, 60029, mandrill as harpist height 27 cm, 60030, ape as horn player height 16 cm, 60049, base signed O. Pilz Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, limited masterpieces 2012-2014, model by Otto Pilz 1912-1913 (Ru)
The Monkey Orchestra was designed in 1908, and executed in 1912-1913, hence the 2012-2014 anniversary; Otto Pilz was born in 1876 in Sonneberg, Thuringia, trained as a sculptor from 1895 at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden under Carl Ludwig Theodor Graff, Hugo Spieler, Alfred Diethe and Paul Hermann Naumann, and from 1898 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin under Gerhard Janensch and Ernst Herter. From 1905-1913, the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen acquired 29 small-scale model designs by him. Otto Pilz died in Dresden in April 1934.
Esperta: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
19.12.2019 - 14:00
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EUR 18.000,-
A Monkey Orchestra by Otto Pilz,
porcelain, polychromed and gilt, 9 pieces: guenon as conductor height 20 cm, model no. 60023, rhesus monkey as violinist height 18.5 cm, 60024, hamadryas baboon as bass violin height 22 cm, 60025, chimpanzee as clarinetist height 18.5 cm, 60026, orangutan as tuba player height 18 cm, 60027, rhesus monkey as drummer and cymbalist height 17 cm, 60028, crested baboon as accordion player height 18.5 cm, 60029, mandrill as harpist height 27 cm, 60030, ape as horn player height 16 cm, 60049, base signed O. Pilz Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, limited masterpieces 2012-2014, model by Otto Pilz 1912-1913 (Ru)
The Monkey Orchestra was designed in 1908, and executed in 1912-1913, hence the 2012-2014 anniversary; Otto Pilz was born in 1876 in Sonneberg, Thuringia, trained as a sculptor from 1895 at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden under Carl Ludwig Theodor Graff, Hugo Spieler, Alfred Diethe and Paul Hermann Naumann, and from 1898 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin under Gerhard Janensch and Ernst Herter. From 1905-1913, the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen acquired 29 small-scale model designs by him. Otto Pilz died in Dresden in April 1934.
Esperta: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Vetri e porcellane |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 19.12.2019 - 14:00 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Esposizione: | 14.12. - 19.12.2019 |