Lot Essay
Dr. Ursel Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK ESTATE
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Sitzende
Details
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Sitzende
signed with monogram (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1926; this bronze version cast by 1938
Sitzende
signed with monogram (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1926; this bronze version cast by 1938
Provenance
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York.
Acquired from the above by the family of the late owner, March 1938.
Acquired from the above by the family of the late owner, March 1938.
Literature
L. Justi, "Fünf Jahre 'Kronprinzen-Palais,'" Das Kunstblatt, vol. VIII, 1924, p. 242.
C.G. Heise, "Georg Kolbe, Zu seinen neueren Arbeiten," Das Kunstblatt, vol. XI, 1927, p. 392 (another cast illustrated).
R.G. Binding, Vom Leben der Plastik, Inhalt un Schönheit des Werkes von Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1933, p. 40 (another cast illustrated).
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, pp. 293-294, no. 91 (another cast illustrated, p. 293).
C.G. Heise, "Georg Kolbe, Zu seinen neueren Arbeiten," Das Kunstblatt, vol. XI, 1927, p. 392 (another cast illustrated).
R.G. Binding, Vom Leben der Plastik, Inhalt un Schönheit des Werkes von Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1933, p. 40 (another cast illustrated).
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, pp. 293-294, no. 91 (another cast illustrated, p. 293).
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