The Allure of the Grape

309, Lot: 492. Estimate $300. Sold for $217. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Modern Art. Uniface Cast Æ Medal (100mm, 232.20 g). By Karl-Ulrich Nuss (after his father’s 1955 sculpture Bacchus and reflective of his own later 2001 sculpture of the same name). Dated (19)73. Rotund Bacchus seated right, yawning and holding wineskins; grape bunch in attached cutout / Signed: U. NUSS/73. As Issued, brown surfaces, with lighter highlights. Interesting design and craftsmanship.