GOETZ: Opus 161 Uniface Trial cast in silver

cacheman

K-161 “Prince Leopold of Bavaria obverse trial”, 1915, silver, 87.7 tondo on irregular 115mm X 119mm uniface foundry cast. Choice about uncirculated. Unfinished obverse bears the uniformed beared bust of Prince Leopold as the conqueror of Warsaw. In comparison to the finished medal at right, the facial features are complete but the uniform cross-belt and legend have not been added yet. The fields bear marks from the artist’s engraving tools, and toning gives a pleasing antique effect.

cosmicdebris

Damn that's impressive

oldshep

Now that's what this hobby is all about!! Great work Scott - the "work in progress" look of the trial piece shows the history of development more then words or finished product. This trip is going to be fun. You have created a monster though, we will keep demanding more and more from you.
Great images!!
Shep

Garneteye

I find the unfinished medal more ? (intresting, realistic,.....) than the final product. Does any of your collection contain earlier items such as drawings that he may of made, or did Goetz start with metal?

Dan

cacheman

There are only sketches in the reference books that I am aware of. Most of Goetz' records were destoyed by fire in his Munich workshop sometime during WWII. There were three boxes of "papers" that his son Guido had that were sold with the remainder of the estate in the 1994 Gorny Auction which contain a large lot of Goetz material. No one knows who purchased the lots (all done with one large sum of money) or what became of these "papers".

I'm pretty sure that Goetz followed the normal procedure of creating a medal from the sketch, to clay model, to negative plaster molds, and eventual casting...

Askari

Very nice!!

boz

I am really enjoying these posts.

Might even consider picking up one or two, here or there.

Thanks for your efforts Cacheman.