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Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold:
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version by Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold
Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold:
Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version

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bonded bronze | size 8 x 13.5 x 8 cm (w/h/d) | weight approx. 0.7 kg

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Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version
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Sculpture "Monkey with Skull" (1892-93), bonded bronze version

With his sculpture "Monkey with Skull", philosopher and sculptor Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold (1853-1900) casts the debate surrounding Charles Darwin's work in an almost iconographic form. Even his contemporaries attested that, with his diverse allusions, he had created a "masterpiece of superior humour." After all, not only Shakespeare's "to be or not to be", but also Rodin's "Thinker" and circulating Darwin caricatures shine through.

But Rheinhold's monkey is far more than humour in cast bronze from our ancestor's time. After all, the monkey wielding a tool for measuring skulls is not only sitting on Darwin's groundbreaking work but also the Bible. And upon closer inspection, the "Inscriptio", the inscription, turns out to be the key to the allegory: "Eritis sicut deus", meaning "You will be like God". With these words, the devil lures Adam and Eve to the Tree of Knowledge, leading, as well known, to their expulsion from paradise. In the end, then, the sculptor Rheinhold once again proves to be a philosopher: The "Monkey with a Skull" tells us that those who seek knowledge must face consequences. This is one of, if not "the" fundamental experiences of the 20th century, from the atomic bomb to genetic engineering.

Polymer cast with bronzed surface. Size 8 x 13,5 x 8 cm (w/h/d). Weight approx. 0.7 kg.

Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de

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Die erste Skulptur war defekt. Nach telefonischer Mitteilung erfolgte nach wenigen Tagen eine 2. Lieferung. Die Skulptur war deutlich geschützter verpackt und unversehrt. Die Dame am Telefon war ausgesprochen freundlich und zuvorkommend.
Danke

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Sehr schöne Skulptur (steht direkt neben dem iMac), prompt geliefert.

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alles Super!

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Das Original ist noch schöner ausgefallen als die Abbildung. Es war eine gelungene Geburtstagsüberraschung für meinen Mann, der sich diese Skulptur schon lange gewünscht hat.
Vielen Dank.

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Sehr schön wertig. Kam perfekt verpackt an.

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Ich bin bin von dieser Figur völlig begeistert.

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Produkt sehr gut gearbeitet.

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Die erste Lieferung war zwar leider beschädigt, aber die Reklamationsabwicklung war hervorragend. Die Skulptur war ein Geburtstagsgeschenk, aufgrund der Reklamation wurde es nun knapp. Die Ersatzlieferung wurde daraufhin sicherheitshalber per Express gesendet (ohne Aufpreis). Der Service bemühte sich meiner Meinung nach über die Maßen, eine Lösung zu finden. Soviel Engagement habe ich selten erlebt. Vielen Dank nochmal! Das Geschenk kam sehr gut an, die Skulpur ist sehr schön gearbeitet, faszinierend und regt zum Philosophieren an.

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Ein einmaliges Stück - wirklich Kunst - das zum Nachdenken anregt.

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alles O.K.

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Das Geschenk ist sehr gut angekommen. Schöne Skulptur.

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Der 'Affe mit Schädel' ist wunderschön und sehr inspirierend.

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Die Skulptur ist nicht gerade billig, jedoch in ihrer sorgfältigigen Ausführung ihr Geld wert.

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Die gekaufte Version (Reduktion)bedarf einer noch genauerer Betrachtung als die Originalgröße, ist aber durchaus beeindruckend. Ich hielte eine Herstellung nur in der Originalgröße für besser bei natürlich knapper Kalkulation zu Gunsten des Käufers (Kunstfreundes). Qualität und sonst. Ausführung, Anlieferung sind und waren ok. Aus Prinzip nur 4/5 Sterne, Steigerungen sind immer möglich!

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About Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold

1853-1900

They have their fates – not only the books but also the works of art and artists. The fate of the "Ape with Skull" and its creator Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold couldn’t be more different. Immediately after Rheinhold presented the sculpture at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1893 as his final project for his studies at the Berlin Royal Academy of Fine Arts, the Berlin sculpture foundry Gladenbeck & Sohn offered to produce licensed casts. These went not only to private collectors but also to many international scientific institutions. They can still be admired today: In the Royal College of Surgeons in London, in the Medico-Chirurgical Society in Aberdeen, in the Boston Medical Library and the Department of Zoology at the University of Edinburgh. The most famous location is probably a Russian specimen: It adorned (and still adorns) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's desk.

While the fame and notoriety of the sculpture grew unceasingly, Rheinhold was almost forgotten after his early death. It was only following an exhibition in Aberdeen in 1989 that serious biographical research began. Most of what has been gathered about Rheinhold since then has only been published in the last 15 years.

Rheinhold was not only a sculptor but also studied philosophy. Moreover, he was a co-founder of a "German Society for Ethical Culture". Perhaps this explains the dazzling richness of meaning of his "Ape". It not only represents a thoroughly humorous commentary on the Darwinism debate but at the same time appeals to the ethical responsibility of all science with the Genesis quote "Eritis sicut deus" ("You will be as God").

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Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the authentic bronze.

A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.

While sculptures made of wood, ivory, or stone are carved directly from the material block, in bronze casting, a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.

The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.

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