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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 8, 2018 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Classics of the 20th Century I | 856 | $****** - ****** | Vornübergebeugter Akt |
sculpture
72 x 55 x 34 cm (28.35 x 21.65 x 13.39 in)
Sandstone
Unique object.
Collection Paul and Herta Rohs, Radevormwald.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited).
11th exhibition of Berliner Secession, Berlin 1906, no. 321, p. 33 (no illu.).
Post auction sale
Vornübergebeugter Akt. 1906.
Sculpture . Sandstone.
Unique object. 72 x 55 x 34 cm (28.3 x 21.6 x 13.3 in).
Unique object, which had been considered lost for a long time. This work was amde at a very early point Kolbe's sculptural creation and presumably one of two works the artist made during a stay in Florence on a Villa Romana scholarship .
With an expertise issued by Dr. Ursel Berger, Berlin, on October 29, 2018.
PROVENANCE: Collection Paul and Herta Rohs, Radevormwald.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited).
EXHIBITION: 11th exhibition of Berliner Secession, Berlin 1906, no. 321, p. 33 (no illu.).
"..I struggled with painting - a torturous time! Until the painter gave up - I modeled a figure - I was to be a sculptor. My childhood dream came true."
Georg Kolbe 1931, quote after: Ursel Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, p. 23
Called up: December 8, 2018 - ca. 17.25 h +/- 20 min.
