Katharina Fritsch

(German, born 1956)

Katharina Fritsch is a contemporary German sculptor. Her work mixes reality with imagination to create surreal imagery that contract reality and fantasy through her large-scale monochromatic sculptures of animals, people, and objects. Of her bright palette, she has remarked that color “evens it out, makes it abstract—like a visual sign, an icon. That is important: my work is always on the borderline between a detailed sculpture and a sign.” Fritsch’s work is often described as uncanny, containing slight representational shifts that alter the viewer’s perception of reality and highlighting the work’s falsified imitation of life. She was born on February 14, 1956, and went on to graduate from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1984, where she notably studied under the German artist Fritz Schwegler. Fritsch has since garnered international attention, notably representing Germany at the 1995 Venice Biennale. In 2013, her 14-foot statue Hahn/Cock occupied Trafalger Square’s fourth plinth in London, sparking both controversy and renewed interest in her art. Fritsch’s work is included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and has been the subject of solo exhibitions at White Cube in London, the Gwangju Museum of Art, and the Tate Modern, among others.

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Katharina Fritsch Artworks

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Katharina Fritsch (222 results)
Schlange, 1999–2001

Katharina Fritsch

Schlange, 1999–2001

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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St. Katharina, 2003–2004

Katharina Fritsch

St. Katharina, 2003–2004

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Flasche, 1997–2001

Katharina Fritsch

Flasche, 1997–2001

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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St. Katharina, 2004

Katharina Fritsch

St. Katharina, 2004

Sale Date: September 16, 2006

Auction Closed

Cat, brain, vase, Madonna, washers and scarf , 1991

Katharina Fritsch

Cat, brain, vase, Madonna, washers and scarf , 1991

Sale Date: June 17, 2006

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St. Katharina, 2003–2004

Katharina Fritsch

St. Katharina, 2003–2004

Sale Date: March 14, 2006

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Beistelltisch mit Engel und Flasche (Side..., 1985

Katharina Fritsch

Beistelltisch mit Engel und Flasche (Side..., 1985

Sale Date: February 10, 2006

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Grünes Futteral, 1979

Katharina Fritsch

Grünes Futteral, 1979

Sale Date: December 2, 2005

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Sträuße in Vasen (in 2 parts), 1979

Katharina Fritsch

Sträuße in Vasen (in 2 parts), 1979

Sale Date: December 2, 2005

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Blaues Bild (Blue painting), 1990–1991

Katharina Fritsch

Blaues Bild (Blue painting), 1990–1991

Sale Date: November 11, 2005

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Totenkopf (Skull), 1998

Katharina Fritsch

Totenkopf (Skull), 1998

Sale Date: October 25, 2005

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Gelbes Bild (Yellow painting), 1990–1991

Katharina Fritsch

Gelbes Bild (Yellow painting), 1990–1991

Sale Date: October 25, 2005

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Geist und Blutlache, 1988

Katharina Fritsch

Geist und Blutlache, 1988

Sale Date: October 23, 2005

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Vierge

Katharina Fritsch

Vierge

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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Cerveau, 1989

Katharina Fritsch

Cerveau, 1989

Sale Date: December 8, 2004

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Brain, 1989–1989

Katharina Fritsch

Brain, 1989–1989

Sale Date: May 16, 2004

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Maus, 1991–1991

Katharina Fritsch

Maus, 1991–1991

Sale Date: December 4, 2003

Auction Closed

Pudel, 1995–1995

Katharina Fritsch

Pudel, 1995–1995

Sale Date: June 6, 2003

Auction Closed

Katze, Tuch, Gehirn und Madonna, 1981–1989

Katharina Fritsch

Katze, Tuch, Gehirn und Madonna, 1981–1989

Sale Date: December 3, 2002

Auction Closed

Display stand with vases, 1987–1989

Katharina Fritsch

Display stand with vases, 1987–1989

Sale Date: November 13, 2002

Auction Closed

Maus, 1991–1998

Katharina Fritsch

Maus, 1991–1998

Sale Date: September 25, 2002

Auction Closed

Maus, 1991–1998

Katharina Fritsch

Maus, 1991–1998

Sale Date: May 30, 2001

Auction Closed

Cat, brain, vase, Madonna, washers and..., 1991–1991

Katharina Fritsch

Cat, brain, vase, Madonna, washers and..., 1991–1991

Sale Date: November 10, 1999

Auction Closed

Katze, Tuch, Madonna, Vase, Gehirn, Geld, 1981–1989

Katharina Fritsch

Katze, Tuch, Madonna, Vase, Gehirn, Geld, 1981–1989

Sale Date: June 5, 1998

Auction Closed

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