LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze

Measurements:

104.76 in. (266.10 cm.) (height) by 51.14 in. (129.90 cm.) (width) by 82.64 in. (209.90 cm.) (width)

Edition:

1 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof

Markings:

incised with the artist's initials and date 'JM 08' and stamped with the foundry mark on the left leg; further incised with the inscription 'ZEUS' on the sword

Exhibited:

Salzburg, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Jonathan Meese: Metabolism. No Zen in the Bronxen, You Atomic Human Toy, November 22, 2008 - January 17, 2009 (another example exhibited) Remagen, Arp Museum, Jonathan Meese: Erzstaat Atlantisis, May 1 - August 30, 2009, no. 47 (another example exhibited and illustrated, pp. 175, 182) Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jonathan Meese: Sculpture - Knight Exhibition Series, December 1, 2010 - February 13, 2011, p. 88 (illustrated, p. 73) Amsterdam, Artzuid: Internationale Sculptuurroute Amsterdam, May 22 - September 22, 2013 (another example exhibited)

Literature:

David Galloway, 'Angst Management', artnet news, Summer 2009, pp. 108-109 (another example illustrated)

Provenance:

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin Acquired from the above by the present owner