Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Kniende
signed with monogram and numbered 'I' (on the arch of the right foot); stamped 'MADE IN GERMANY' (on the ball of the right foot); stamped with foundry mark 'H.NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU' (on the ball of the left foot)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.)
Conceived in 1926
Provenance
Weyhe Gallery, New York. Mrs. Walter Hochschild, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1929). By descent from the above to the family of the late owner.
Literature
R.G. Binding, Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1933, p. 12 (another cast illustrated). U. Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, pp. 290-291, no. 87 (another cast illustrated, p. 289).
Sale Room Notice
Dr. Ursel Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this work.