Lot Essay
Dr. Ursel Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. HERBERT KAYDEN AND DR. GABRIELLE REEM
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Ruhender Athlet
Details
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Ruhender Athlet
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '1 H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Length: 19 ¼ in. (48.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1935; this bronze version cast in 1939
Ruhender Athlet
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); numbered and stamped with foundry mark '1 H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Length: 19 ¼ in. (48.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1935; this bronze version cast in 1939
Provenance
Acquired by the late owners, November 1964.
Literature
W. Pinder, Georg Kolbe, Werke der letzten Jahre, Berlin, 1937 (another cast illustrated, pls. 61-63).
M.G. Davidson, Kunst in Deutschland, 1933-1945, eine wissenschaftliche Enzyklopädie der Kunst im Dritten Reich, Tübingen, 1988, vol. I, p. 464.
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, pp. 349-350, no. 155 (another cast illustrated).
M.G. Davidson, Kunst in Deutschland, 1933-1945, eine wissenschaftliche Enzyklopädie der Kunst im Dritten Reich, Tübingen, 1988, vol. I, p. 464.
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, pp. 349-350, no. 155 (another cast illustrated).
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