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

Katharina Fritsch (208 results)

Katze (Cat), 1981–1989

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Katze (Cat), 1981–1989

Sale Date: April 13, 2024

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Schlange / Snake, 1991–2001

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Schlange / Snake, 1991–2001

Sale Date: February 29, 2024

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Lexikonzeichnung (2. Serie: Mensch) [Lexicon , 2006

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Lexikonzeichnung (2. Serie: Mensch) [Lexicon , 2006

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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1st-4th Poster Ibiza (for Parkett 100/101), 2006

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1st-4th Poster Ibiza (for Parkett 100/101), 2006

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Apfel (for Parkett 87), 2009

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Apfel (for Parkett 87), 2009

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Katze (Cat); and Madonnenfigur (Madonna), 1981–1982

Katharina Fritsch

Katze (Cat); and Madonnenfigur (Madonna), 1981–1982

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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Schlange, 1999–2001

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Schlange, 1999–2001

Sale Date: November 11, 2023

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Madonnenfigur, 1982

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Madonnenfigur, 1982

Sale Date: November 11, 2023

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Betende Hände (Praying Hands), 2004

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Betende Hände (Praying Hands), 2004

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Zylinder, 2007

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Zylinder, 2007

Sale Date: August 17, 2023

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MADONNA (MADONNENFIGUR), 1982–1989

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MADONNA (MADONNENFIGUR), 1982–1989

Sale Date: June 14, 2023

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Schafe und Weißer Pappkarton (Sheep and..., 1982

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Schafe und Weißer Pappkarton (Sheep and..., 1982

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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Pudel, 1995

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Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Fliege, 2000

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Sale Date: June 5, 2023

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Katze, 1981–1989

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Katze, 1981–1989

Sale Date: April 29, 2023

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Unken, Krankenwagen, Mühle (three..., 1988–1990

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Unken, Krankenwagen, Mühle (three..., 1988–1990

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Madonna (Madonnenfigur), 1982

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Madonna (Madonnenfigur), 1982

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Pudel, 1995

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Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Maus (Mouse), 1991

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Maus (Mouse), 1991

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Gehirn, 1987

Katharina Fritsch

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Madonnenfigur

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Madonnenfigur

Sale Date: October 5, 2022

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Lexikonzeichnung (2. Serie: Mensch) [Lexicon , 2006

Katharina Fritsch

Lexikonzeichnung (2. Serie: Mensch) [Lexicon , 2006

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Brain', 1987

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Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Collection of five sculptures, 1981–1989

Katharina Fritsch

Collection of five sculptures, 1981–1989

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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