Auferstehung. 1919/20.
Bronze with black-green patina.
Berger 36. Verso of base with monogram in ligature and with foundry mark "H Noack Berlin". One of 7 posthumous casts. Ca. 76 x 17.5 x 20.5 cm (29.9 x 6.8 x 8 in).
As far as style and design are concerned, this work is closely related to the larger bronze "Assunta" from the same year. Berger ascribed both works to Georg Kolbe's "expressionist period".
With a written expertise from Dr. Ursel Berger, Berlin, dated 26 October 2016.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland/Berlin (presumably acquired in the 1990s, since then in family possession).
EXHIBITION: In 1920 copies of the bronze were shown in the following, in some cases simultaneous, exhibitions:
Freie Secession.
Dresdener Künstlervereinigung.
Breslauer Kunstausstellung.
Deutscher Künstlerbund, Chemnitz.
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover.