{"product_id":"fritz-koenig-1924-2017","title":"Fritz Koenig 1924–2017","description":"\u003cp\u003ecatalogue of the exhibition\u003cbr \/\u003eFlorence, Gallerie degli Uffizi\u003cbr \/\u003eGalleria delle Statue e delle Pitture and Boboli Gardens\u003cbr \/\u003e21 June - 7 October 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eedited by\u003cbr \/\u003eAlexander Rudigier, Eike D. Schimdt, Stefanje Weinmayr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume traces the life of the internationally renowned German sculptor FRITZ KOENIG (Wurzburg, 20 June 1924 - Landshut, 22 February 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoenig was the author of the famous \u003cem\u003eSphere\u003c\/em\u003e placed in the square between the two Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, which is now in Liberty Park in memory of the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work focuses on figures or geometric shapes assembled using materials such as metal and wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe representation of the human form is stylized using spherical shapes for the heads and cylinders for bodies and limbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis major works include the Memorial of the Mauthausen concentration camp (1983) and the one for the massacre during the Munich Olympics (1972).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sillabe Casa Editrice","offers":[{"title":"Italian","offer_id":53456397697288,"sku":"italiano 9788833400297 - inglese 9788833400372","price":46.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0929\/7638\/2216\/files\/1028.jpg?v=1773070981","url":"https:\/\/sr1nmq-df.myshopify.com\/en-en\/products\/fritz-koenig-1924-2017","provider":"Sillabe Casa Editrice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}