Lot number 3438 - Auction 160
'DER SKLAVENHÄNDLER' / 'ORIENTALE UND SKLAVIN'

BRUNO ZACH 1891 Zhitomir/Ukraine - 1945 Vienna 'THE SLAVE TRADER' / 'ORIENTAL MAN AND FEMALE SLAVE' Bronze, brown and black patina. H. 66, W. 32, D. 25 cm. Inscribed 'Zach' on the back of the plinth; likely Bruno Zach or a successor. Fully modeled figural group depicting a young woman in the nude alongside a seated Oriental man. The standing, unclothed woman is posed in contrast to the clothed man, who is seated on a raised platform. Posthumous cast based on a design by the Austrian sculptor Bruno Zach. Part. bumped and rubbed, loss of paint.