Ewald Mataré. Liegende Kuh mit erhobenem Kopf - photo 1
Ewald Mataré. Liegende Kuh mit erhobenem Kopf - photo 2
Ewald Mataré. Liegende Kuh mit erhobenem Kopf - photo 3
Ewald Mataré. Liegende Kuh mit erhobenem Kopf - photo 4
ID 1514976
Lot 2 | Ewald Mataré. Liegende Kuh mit erhobenem Kopf
Estimate value
€ 80 000 – 120 000
MATARÉ, EWALD
1887 Aachen - 1965 Büderich

Title: Liegende Kuh mit erhobenem Kopf.
Date: Ca. 1925.
Technique: Amaranth wood.
Measurement: 12 x 30 x 12cm.
Notation: Artist's signet underneath:

Provenance:
- Julian Manheimer Collection, Zurich (presumably acquired directly from the artist)
- Ruth Fischer Collection, San Francisco (from the previous owner by inheritance)
- Private collection, California (from the previous owner by inheritance)

Literature:
- Schilling, Sabine Maja/Werd, Guido de: Ewald Mataré - Das plastische Werk, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, Cologne 2024, cat. rais. no. 34, no. ill. (here with incorrect provenance information provided by Sonja Mataré)
- Cf. Schilling, Sabine Maja: Ewald Mataré - Das plastische Werk, catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1987, catalogue raisonné no. 29 (here listed as a bronze cast after a lost wooden original)



- The sculpture had been considered lost for ages and had previously only been documented without an illustration
- An absolute rediscovery in the artist's oeuvre
- Carved from fine amaranth wood
- With his sculptures from the 1920s, Mataré made a pioneering contribution to German art history
- Wooden sculptures are very rarely offered on the international art market - they are almost exclusively in public collections.
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