Icon of victory: Nike by Jana Pfeifer
With her wings spread wide, Jana Pfeifer’s “Nike” rises from a slender, leaf-like base – the body in motion, the wings sweeping upwards, as though the figure were about to take flight. The depiction of Nike as a winged female figure looks back on a tradition in sculpture that is thousands of years old. Her most famous likeness is the “Nike of Samothrace”, created more than 2,000 years ago by the inhabitants of Rhodes to commemorate their naval victory over Antiochus III. Standing over three metres tall, the statue once presided over the harbour, visible from far away, and served seafarers as a sign of safe haven before it was probably destroyed by an earthquake. Today the Nike of Samothrace ranks among the most important works of art in the Louvre.
Hardly any other symbol of victory has left such a lasting mark on cultural history. From Christian depictions of angels to the works of Yves Klein and the famous Rolls-Royce bonnet figure “Spirit of Ecstasy”, the influence of this iconic figure reaches right into modern art and design history. With her silver sculpture, Jana Pfeifer takes her place in this long tradition, translating the classical dynamism of the winged goddess of victory into a modern silver form: slender, soaring, with finely worked plumage that lends the figure a palpable lightness despite its compact size.
A solid silver cast made from 1.3 kg of pure fine silver, with an overall height of 33.5 cm including the base, the “Nike” is limited to 30 signed and numbered pieces – a figure that unites classical mythology, art history and the value of fine silver in a single, soaring form.
Please note: the silver price is subject to market fluctuations; the final sale price depends on the prevailing price of fine silver and will be quoted on request.
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