Yrsa von Leistner - photo 1

Yrsa von Leistner

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€ 7 500
Auction dateClassic
03.12.2021 11:00UTC +02:00
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Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
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Germany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 667912
Lot 452 | Yrsa von Leistner
(1917 München - 2008 Siegburg) Porträt von Konrad Adenauer Bronze, in nuancierten Brauntönen patiniert, 1955. Sign.; Dunkelgrauschwarzer Steinsockel (wohl Diabas). Frühes Werk der Bildhauerin Yrsa von Leistner, die damit zugleich die erste Porträtbüste Konrad Adenauers nach 1945 schuf. Sie gehörte zu den wenigen Künstlern, die den ab 1949 amtierenden Bundeskanzler unmittelbar porträtieren durfte. Die an der Münchner Akademie ausgebildete Bildhauerin hatte bereits während des Krieges in der Charité in Berlin eine Porträtbüste des berühmten Chirurgen Ferdinand Sauerbruch geschaffen. Aus dem zerstörten Berlin kam sie nach dem Krieg nach Bonn, wo sie Mitte der 1950er von Adenauer öfters in ihrem Atelier besucht wurde und der ihr auch bei seiner Arbeit im Amtssitz des Palais Schaumburg Modell saß. Hierdurch ist dieser Porträtkopf nicht nur ein charaktervolles Bildnis des Bundeskanzlers, sondern auch ein historisch bedeutendes Zeitdokument. Ges.-H. 46,5 cm. Ein weiterer Guss befindet sich in der Dauerausstellung des Adenauer-Hauses in Bad Honnef. Brown patinated bronze. Signed. Black stone base.
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