Lot Essay
Elisabeth Weber-Belling has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Gruppe Natur
Details
Rudolf Belling (German, 1886-1972)
Gruppe Natur
signed and dated 'R.Belling 18' (on the right of the base)
painted plaster
Height: 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1918
Gruppe Natur
signed and dated 'R.Belling 18' (on the right of the base)
painted plaster
Height: 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1918
Provenance
Wilhelm Peters, Berlin.
Anonymous sale, Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 27 November 1998, lot 42.
Anonymous sale, Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 27 November 1998, lot 42.
Literature
'Rudolf Belling', in Das Kunstblatt, IV, no. 12, 1920, p. 376.
'Illustrierte Rundschau', in Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte, no. 39, vol. I, 1924/1925, p. 236 (illustrated).
I. Skiebe, 'Rudolf Belling, Schöpfer "raumhaltiger" Skulpturen', in Weltkunst, no. 3, March 2003, p. 382 (illustrated pl. 2).
H.D. Hofmann, Rudolf Belling, Werkverzeichnis, Das plastische Werk, Munich, 1967, no. 12 (illustrated p. 21).
A. Beloubek-Hammer, Die schönen Gestalten der besseren Zukunft, Cologne, 2007, p. 430 (another cast illustrated).
'Illustrierte Rundschau', in Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte, no. 39, vol. I, 1924/1925, p. 236 (illustrated).
I. Skiebe, 'Rudolf Belling, Schöpfer "raumhaltiger" Skulpturen', in Weltkunst, no. 3, March 2003, p. 382 (illustrated pl. 2).
H.D. Hofmann, Rudolf Belling, Werkverzeichnis, Das plastische Werk, Munich, 1967, no. 12 (illustrated p. 21).
A. Beloubek-Hammer, Die schönen Gestalten der besseren Zukunft, Cologne, 2007, p. 430 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Galerie Alice Frank, Berlin, no. 1105.
Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 2. Ausstellung Deutscher nachimpressionistischer Kunst aus Berliner Privatbesitz, 1928, no. 24.
Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 2. Ausstellung Deutscher nachimpressionistischer Kunst aus Berliner Privatbesitz, 1928, no. 24.
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