Lot 200: Heinz Leinfellner (Zidani Most, Slovenia, 1911-1974 Vienna) Head - Olga Butuk (violinist, member of the Philharmonica Hungarica Orchestra), unique piece, monogrammed and dated HL 58, terra-cotta, 21 x 17 x 21 cm, with socle (wood) 29 cm, (K)

Heinz Leinfellner (Zidani Most, Slovenia, 1911-1974 Vienna) Head - Olga Butuk (violinist, member of the Philharmonica Hungarica Orchestra), unique piece, monogrammed and dated HL 58, terra-cotta, 21 x 17 x 21 cm, with socle (wood) 29 cm, (K) Reproduced in: Heinz Leinfellner, Skulpturen und Graphik, Trigon-Personale, Steirischer Herbst, Schloss Eggenburg, Graz 1969 (photograph of the studio with shelves holding sculptures) Provenance: Private property, Vienna From 1927 to 1930 Heinz Leinfellner studied ceramics with Hans Adametz and sculpture with Wilhelm GOsser at the School of Arts and Crafts in Graz From 1932 to 1940 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Anton Hanak and J. Mullner. In 1940 he was awarded the Prize of Rome. Between 1944 and 1948 a worked on a free-lance basis in Fritz Wotruba's master class and from 1948 to 1952 he worked as the latter's assistant. He adopted Wotruba's compositional principles based on Cubism and Constructivism. Leinfellner was a founding member of the Art Club and one of its driving forces. His studios at the Rabenhof and in BOcklinstrasse became an important meeting points for its members. In 1950 he was awarded the Visual Arts Prize of the City of Vienna. In 1959 Heinz Leinfellner was appointed professor of ceramics at the Vienna Academy of Applied Art. He received numerous commissions for works in public places, such as reliefs, inlaid work and friezes. The Art Club Gallery staged individual shows of his work in 1952 and 1953. In 1954 he exhibited at the Venice Biennial. Another important individual exhibition was the 'Trigon-Personale' within the framework of the 'steirischer herbst' festival at Eggenburg Castle in Graz in 1969.