细节
Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Portraitbüste Max Liebermanns
with the artist's monogram 'GK' (on top of the base) and stamped with the foundry mark 'H. NOACK, BERLIN FRIEDENAU' (on the side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1929; one of three known casts of this year, with two further casts executed in the 1970s
来源
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin & Dusseldorf.
Private collection, Berlin-Wansee.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 1993.
出版
H. Ostwald, Das Liebermann-Buch, Berlin, 1930, no. 142 (another cast illustrated p. 287).
A. Hentzen, "Georg Kolbe - Berlin", in Deursche Kunst und Dekoration, September 1930, pp. 362-372.
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe - Leben und Werk, mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, 1990, no. 123, p. 318 (another cast illustrated p. 319).
展览
Berlin, Galerie Flechtheim, Georg Kolbe, March 1930, no. 17.
Berlin, Galerie Flechtheim: 111 Portraits zeitgenössischer Künstler: selbstbildnisse; Bildnisse von Malern, Dichtern, Schauspielern, Musikern, Boxern usw., May - June 1932, no. 53.
Cologne, Kunstsalon Franke, Max Liebermann, Ölgemëlde, Pastelle, Zeichnungen, September - October 1992, no. 1 (illustrated p. 7); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Galerie Dr Schenk and Berlin, Wannseevilla des Künstlers, Am Grossen Wannsee.
Berlin, Max Liebermann Haus, Im Streit um die Moderne, Max Liebermann, der Kaiser, die Nationalgalerie, October 2001 - January 2002.
Bozen, Waltherhaus, Südtiroler Kulturinstitut, Max Liebermann, Pastell, Zeichnung, Druckgraphik, Aquarell, March - April 2005, no. 2, p. 112 (illustrated p. 9); this exhibition later travelled to Borken, Stadtmuseum, July - October 2005.
注意事项
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
拍场告示
Please note: Dr Ursel Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture. This bronze was cast in 1929, the same year it was conceived by the artist. It is one of three known casts in 1929, with two further casts made in 1978, one of which is in the collection of the Georg-Kolbe-Museum.