£1,000 - £1,500
Naum Aronson (1872-1943), Ludwig van Beethoven, patinated bronze bust, signed and dated 1905, 18cm high (excluding the later, ebonised wooden pedestal), overall height 31 cm. Naum Aronson created the first of the famed busts of Beethoven on the occasion of the composer`s 135 birthday. In 1905, Aronson visited Beethoven`s hometown, Bonn, where he attended a chamber music festival organized by the Beethoven-Haus. The experience must have had a strong effect on the young artist, as he began to sculpt a series of drafts, culminating in the sculpture that is now housed in the harden of the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Germany.
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