Ludwig Vierthaler - photo 1

Ludwig Vierthaler

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€ 12 000
Auction dateClassic
09.05.2020 11:00UTC +02:00
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Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
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Germany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 318797
Lot 621 | Ludwig Vierthaler
(1875 München - 1967 Hannover) "Tanz". Originaltitel Bronze bzw. Messing mit braun changierender Patina, 1919. Montiert auf flachem, ebonisiertem Holzsockel. Signatur; Guss Bronzegießerei Carl Diewitz, Hannover. Wvz. Stula 95. Bisher war nur ein weiterer Guss im Landesmuseum in Oldenburg bekannt. Auf einer flachen Plinthe stehende junge Ausdruckstänzerin als Halbakt in dynamisch bewegter Pose, mit beiden Händen einen Zipfel eines Tuches haltend und ihn betrachtend. Die expressiv aufgefasste, stilisierte Figur mit ihren überlängten Proportionen gehört zu den bedeutenden bildhauerischen Arbeiten Vierthalers nach dem I. Weltkrieg. Bereits im Februar 1920 zeigte Vierthaler sie zusammen mit zwei anderen Bronzeplastiken ("Ergebung" und "Spiel") in der III. Ausstellung der Hannoverschen Sezession (XXXI. Sonderausstellung der Kestner-Gesellschaft) in Hannover, im September überdies im Münchener Glaspalast. Kritiker rühmten die erzielte Bewegtheit, bei der "Ton und Schwingung" eins und die "bestimmende Rhythmik in die Form gebettet" werden. Ges.-H. 58,2 cm. Literatur/Abb.: V. C. Habicht: "Ludwig Vierthaler", in "Dekorative Kunst", 1921/22, S. 161ff., Abbildung S. 165; Nikolai Stula: "Ludwig Vierthaler. Leben und Werk", Diss. Univ. Bonn, 1998, Nr. 95, S. 113, Abbildung 95, S. 199 (Stula gibt als Material "Messingbronze" an). /P/Provenienz: Aus dem 1920-1922 von Vierthaler entworfenen Interieur der Stadtvilla des Gründers und Generaldirektors der Girozentrale in Hannover, Richard Schöne. Bronze (or brass) with brown patina, 1919. Signed. Ebonized wooden base. This is one of only two casts are known to exist.
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