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Figure, 1996
Bronze, welded
Height: 72 cm
Marble base: 10 cm
Engraved monogrammed and dated: 'MC 96'
Provenance:
Studio of the artist (work number 608)
Gallery Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne;
Private property, North Rhine-Westphalia
Gallery Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne;
Private property, North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
Josephine Gabler, Birk Ohnesorg (Hg.), Der Bildhauer Michael Croissant, 1928-2002, mit dem Werkverzeichnis der Skulpturen, Berlin 2003, S. 276, Nr.1229 (dort mit Gipssockel)
- Alongside the head, the upright figure is one of Michael Croissant's main themes.
- The figures created in the early and mid-nineties show a clearer proximity to human
closer to human body forms than the figures from the earlier phases of his work.
- Due to the vertical central ridge and the asymmetrical, organically rounded outline, the figure shows a
asymmetrical, organically rounded outline, the figure shows a combination of corporeal plasticity and
angular abstraction.
- Michael Croissant was Professor of Sculpture at the Städelschule from 1966 to 1988,
Frankfurt a.M.; in 1991 he returned to Haar-Gronsdorf near Munich, where he owns a small studio house.
studio house. His works can be found in the collections of numerous German
museums and in public spaces.
- The figures created in the early and mid-nineties show a clearer proximity to human
closer to human body forms than the figures from the earlier phases of his work.
- Due to the vertical central ridge and the asymmetrical, organically rounded outline, the figure shows a
asymmetrical, organically rounded outline, the figure shows a combination of corporeal plasticity and
angular abstraction.
- Michael Croissant was Professor of Sculpture at the Städelschule from 1966 to 1988,
Frankfurt a.M.; in 1991 he returned to Haar-Gronsdorf near Munich, where he owns a small studio house.
studio house. His works can be found in the collections of numerous German
museums and in public spaces.