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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2023 | Sinnende | 1 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | |||
sculpture
60 x 15 x 12 cm (23.62 x 5.91 x 4.72 in)
Bronze with brown patina
Front edge of the plith with the artist"s signet. Numbered "10" in red on the underside of the plinth
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin. Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 1977).
Günter Busch, Martina Rudloff, Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 1977, no. 429 (a different copy is illustrated). Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Nierendorf, Berin, 1971, cat. no. 5 (illustrated, presumably a different copy). In good condition. With scattered tiny pinpoint rubbings, traces of oxidation and superficial adhesions.
Gerhard Marcks
Sinnende
. 1943.
Bronze with brown patina.
Front edge of the plith with the artist"s signet. Numbered "10" in red on the underside of the plinth. One of 11 known copies. 60 x 15 x 12 cm (23.6 x 5.9 x 4.7 in).
The edition 1/10 to 10/10 was cast by Richard Barth in Rinteln between 1980 and 1996. This copy was cast by Heinz Pisulla, student of Gerhard Marcks at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg around 1950. [KT].
• With his diverse oeuvre, Gerhard Marcks is considered the most important German sculptor of the last century alongside Barlach, Lehmbruck and Kolbe.
• This sculpture is rarely offered on the auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Sculptures by the artist are in important collections like the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York
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We are grateful to Dr. Arie Hartog, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, for his kind expert advice.
