Lot Essay
Dr Ursel Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Knabe
Details
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Knabe
signed with the monogram (on the top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'H.NOACK BERLIN' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with light brown patina
Height: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm.)
Conceived in 1946 and cast in an edition of circa two between 1946 and 1947
Knabe
signed with the monogram (on the top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'H.NOACK BERLIN' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with light brown patina
Height: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm.)
Conceived in 1946 and cast in an edition of circa two between 1946 and 1947
Provenance
Private collection, Germany, by whom acquired in the 1960s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, no. 195 (another cast illustrated p. 387).
Brought to you by
Cornelia Svedman