Lot number 3432 - Auction 160
GROSSES KONVOLUT VON 18 FROSCHFIGUREN 'FREIZEIT'

VIENNA SCULPTOR Active in the 20th century LARGE COLLECTION OF 18 FROG FIGURES 'LEISURE' Viennese bronze, polychrome painted. Heights ranging from 4 to 13 cm. Some marked 'KK' (Imperial-Royal) and 'FBW' (Fritz Bermann Vienna). A large collection of humorously designed frog figures depicting scenes from everyday life, sports, and leisure. Subjects include: two frogs on a tortoise; a skier; a frog with a smock, knife, and fish; a biathlete with skis and rifle; two frogs with an umbrella; two ice skaters; a frog sitting at a table having tea; a wounded frog; an injured frog on a stretcher carried by cats; two groups of two frogs each at a table with wine and fish; an angler; two frogs playing cards; three frogs at a market stall; a frog showering with an observer; a frog on a swing; and two painters on a ladder. Partially bumped and rubbed, loss of patina, rest. Provenance: Private collection, Rhineland.