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JOHANNIS AVRAMIDIS Ohne titel (Kopf).
Bronze, circa 1960. 330 mm; 13 inches (height).
Ex-collection Otto Gerson, New York; Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York; Marlborough Gallery, New York; private collection, New York.
Avramidis (1922-2016) was a Greek-Austrian sculptor who studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna from 1945-49 and sculpture at Fritz Wotrubas' (1907-1975) sculpture classes from 1953-56. He was inspired by classical antiquity and Italian Renaissance sculpture, which greatly valued a figure's proportions. Avramidis blended abstraction with figuration often creating forms with heightened texture and sensuality. He noted of his work, "My work demonstrates the execution of an objective, that is to say, of a perfectly graspable form. This form is the primary prerequisite for creating a work of art. In this I try to remove any personal stylistic influences from my work. The only real references in my work are to Antiquity and Early Italian Renaissance."
