ID 849768
Lot 66 | Hermann Blumenthal
Estimate value
€ 18 000 – 24 000
1905 Essen - 1942 near Kljasticy/Russia
Title: Sitzender mit Tuch (Campagnahirt).
Date: 1937 (design).
Technique: Bronze, brown patinated.
Measurement: 46 x 24.5 x 41cm.
Notation: Monogrammed on the lower edge of the back: BL (in ligature). Here additionally with the foundry mark: GUSS BARTH BERLIN.
Frame/Pedestal: Stone base (7.5 x 50 x 24.5cm, total height: 52cm).
Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
- Isermeyer, Christian Adolf (ed.): Das plastische Werk von Hermann Blumenthal, Stuttgart 1993, cat. rais. no. F 54, ill.
- Blumenthal's sculptures are characterised by an image of man at rest in himself, which he explores through simple poses
- In the 1930s he was considered one of the most talented young sculptors of his generation
- Killed in World War II at the age of 36 and posthumously a participant in the 1955 documenta I in Kassel, Germany.
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| Artist: | Hermann Blumenthal (1905 - 1942) |
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| Auction house category: | Modern sculptures |
| Artist: | Hermann Blumenthal (1905 - 1942) |
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| Auction house category: | Modern sculptures |
| Address of auction |
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Hitzelerstr. 2 50968 Köln Germany | ||||||||||||||
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