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*§ 1. SIDUR, VADIM (1924–1986)

The Admonisher, signed, numbered "3" and dated 1979.

Bronze, height 34.7 cm.
3,000-5,000 GBP

No. 3 from an unknown edition.

With a “Schmäke. Düsseldorf" foundry mark.

Provenance: Private collection, USA.

Exhibited: Possibly, Vadim Sidur. Skulpturen, Museum Bochum 24 March-29 April 1984, Kassel 13 May-1 July 1984, Konstanz 10 October-30 October 1984, Tubingen 9 November-9 December 1984.

Literature: Possibly, Exhibition cataloguе, P. Spielmann, K. Eimermacher, W. Eichwede, Vadim Sidur. Skulpturen, Bochum, Museum Bochum, 1984, p. 106, illustrated.


Vadim Sidur was inspired to create The Admonisher following the artist’s meeting with Rudolf Augstein, the founder of Der Spiegel magazine, in Moscow in 1978. The sculpture was conceived as a model for the monument symbolizing the freedom of the press and was to be installed in front of the Der Spiegel headquarters in Hamburg. Although the Der Spiegel project was abandoned, the monument based on the model of The Admonisher was subsequently installed in Dusseldorf in 1985.

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