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Joachim Berthold
"Seated Figure Looking Up" Modern Mid Century Bronze

20th Century

About the Item

A beautiful modernist 20th Century Bronze piece by Joachim Berthold. Here we find this stylish figure sitting in a hoping position looking up that eludes thought and complexity. A mesmerizing piece that fuzes abstract expressionism effortlessly. Blending in a subtle way the human figure with the object, which in this case is a chair, making it as one. This piece is made from bronze and is a limited edition of 1 of 9. Signed by the artist on the lower back of the figure and this particular piece is hollow inside and it weights 1,880 grams that is a little over 4 pounds. Sculpture measures 8.75 x 3 x 4 inches Joachim Berthold was born 1917 in Eisenach, lived and worked until his death in 1990 in Oberaudorf am Inn. In 1936 he began his training at the renow­ ned Werkschule in Cologne. There he met his artist colleague and later wife Gisela Berthold­Sames and he continued his studies until 1941 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. From 1945 he worked as a freelance sculptor. This was followed by hard artist years in which the execution of any commissioned work to secure a livelihood left little time for free work. Gradually, the situation improved until, from the 1960s, it gained interna­tional renown through more and more numerous and important exhibitions at home and abroad, large orders from industry and cities as well as mu­seum acquisitions. Berthold's appearance was striking. This corresponds to his figurative, mainly in bronze realized small to larger than life­sized sculptures. The to­pic of his work was the man. He was not concerned with the representation of individual, external manifestations. His sculptures are reduced to the essentials, re­ main in their economical movements, wi­thout facial expressions, anonymous and timeless. The essence of man and his development between becoming and decay were his concerns. Through the mental processing of Greek me­taphors, he concentrated on the depiction of the human forms involved in a matter or in their own body form and dissolving out of it, as well as cast their own shadow. Berthold's typical formal idiom lives from the antago­nism of convex and concave, perfectly smoo­thed and rough, sometimes broken surfaces, exposing the underlying innermost amor­phous layers. PROVENANCE: Lilac Gallery Collection.
  • Creator:
    Joachim Berthold (1917 - 1990, German)
  • Creation Year:
    20th Century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.75 in (22.23 cm)Width: 3 in (7.62 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
  • Medium:
    Bronze
  • Movement & Style:
    Abstract Expressionist
  • Period:
    2010-
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 0020471stDibs: LU9822418893
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