ANTON PRINNER (1902-1983) (after) - Lot 382

ANTON PRINNER (1902-1983) (after) Reine Lune, model from the Lune-Soleil chess set, creation circa [1951] Sculpture forming a chess figurine. Proof in bronze with brown patina. Unsigned. H. 26 cm Public collection and related work: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest - Our sculpture to be compared with the figure on the engraved plate from the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, dated 1947, kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number Gf 457. Exhibition and related work: Vallauris, céramiques de peintres et de sculpteurs - Vallauris, Musée Magnelli - Musée de Céramique, July 2 - September 10, 1995. Identical model, in white clay, exhibited at this event (no. 61). Bibliography: - Vallauris, céramiques de peintres et de sculpteurs - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée Magnelli - Musée de Céramique (July 2 - September 10, 1995), Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1995. Identical model, in white clay, referenced under catalog number 61 and reproduced on page 75. - Júlia Cserba, Benoît Decron and Monique Brillant-Tanazacq - Anton Prinner 1902-1983 - Retrospektív kiállítása - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Ernst Múzeum, Budapest (April 11 - May 23, 2007), Ernst Múzeum Editions, Budapest, 2007. Our sculpture to be compared with the figure on the engraved plate from the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, dated 1947.