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Modern & Contemporary Art - Auction ends: September 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm

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Michael Croissant - Bronze
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Michael Croissant
Figur, 1992
Bronze
Starting bid:
€ 4,500
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
End: 09-15-26 15:32:00 Berlin
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65
Michael Croissant
Figur, 1992
Bronze
Starting bid:
€ 4,500
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
End: 09-15-26 15:32:00 Berlin
09-15-26 09:32:00 New York
09-15-26 06:32:00 Los Angeles (18 days, 21h:49m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 91,93 €,
within the EU countries 171,20 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Michael Croissant
1928 - 2002
Figur. 1992.
Bronze, welded, with a slightly brownish patina.
Monogram, dte and inscription "287" scratched on the underside. Unique object. Height: 67 cm (26.3 in). [EH].

• One-of-a-kind
• A consistent reduction of the human body to an abstract stele.
• Other works by the artist are at, among others, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the Augsburg Art Collections, and the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich.

We would like to thank Dr. Josephine Gabler and Dr. Birk Ohnesorge for their research and helpful information regarding the correct assignment of the workbook number.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Appel, Frankfurt. (1993).
Private collection, Hesse (in the family’s possession ever since).

LITERATURE: Josephine Gabler, Birk Ohnesorge, The Sculptor Michael Croissant (1928–2002). With a catalog raisonné of the sculptures, Berlin 2003, catalogue raisonné number 926. (illustrated), where the workbook number 288 is incorrectly listed.

In good condition. Handling marks along the edges from the making. Isolated small scuffs, with very few, minimal surface imperfections