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Grasende Kuh II
Details
Ewald Mataré (1887-1965)
Grasende Kuh II
stamped with monogram (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.)
Length: 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1930; this bronze version cast during the artist’s lifetime
Grasende Kuh II
stamped with monogram (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.)
Length: 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1930; this bronze version cast during the artist’s lifetime
Provenance
Fine Arts Associates (Otto M. Gerson), New York.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (May 1956).
Acquired from the estate of the above by the late owners, July 1980.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (May 1956).
Acquired from the estate of the above by the late owners, July 1980.
Literature
M. Potter et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, p. 331, no. 148 (illustrated).
S.M. Schilling, Ewald Mataré, Das plastische Werk, Werkverzeichnis, Cologne, 1987, p. 165, no. 64a.
S.M. Schilling, Ewald Mataré, Das plastische Werk, Werkverzeichnis, Cologne, 1987, p. 165, no. 64a.
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