ID 1508039
Lot 392 | GEORG KOLBE (1877-1947)
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
Sitzendes Mädchen
signed 'Gg Kolbe' (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'GUSS. H. NOACK FRIEDENAU BERLIN' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17 ¾ in. (43.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1907 and cast circa 1907-1909
Provenance
Anon. sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 26 March 1966, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
W.R. Valentiner, Georg Kolbe: Plastik und Zeichnung, Munich, 1922, p. 43.
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe-Leben und Wer, mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1990, p. 36 (another cast illustrated, p. 39).
Exhibited
(possibly) Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Salon d'automne, October-November 1909.
Further details
Dr. Ursel Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Georg Kolbe (1877 - 1947) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Georg Kolbe (1877 - 1947) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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