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Carl Kauba — Death as a Skeleton
Carl Kauba

Death as a Skeleton

A cold painted bronze sculpture by Carl Kauba depicting Death as a skeleton figure, mounted on an ebonised wood base. The work explores the allegorical theme of mortality with dramatic detail.

Medium
cold painted bronze, on an ebonised wood base
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

19th & 20th Century Sculpture

July 8, 2021

Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000

Lot 62

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Carl Kauba, Death as a Skeleton

A cold painted bronze sculpture by Carl Kauba depicting Death as a skeleton figure, mounted on an ebonised wood base. The work explores the allegorical theme of mortality with dramatic detail.

Medium
cold painted bronze, on an ebonised wood base
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Wood Base, Bronze, Skeleton, Memento Mori, Sculpture, Cold Painted, Death, Allegorical