Mädchen mit aufgestütztem Bein

Details

Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919)
Mädchen mit aufgestütztem Bein
signed and inscribed 'W.Lehmbruck Paris' (on the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'H.Gonot Fondeur' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm.)
Conceived in Paris in 1910; this version probably cast in the 1940s or 1950s

Provenance

Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., London, by 1961.
Norton Simon, Fullerton, by whom acquired from the above.
Lucille Ellis Simon, Los Angeles.

Literature

A. Hoff, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Life and Work, London, 1969 (another cast illustrated pls. 66-67).
R. Heller, The Art of Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Washington, 1972, no. 15 (another cast illustrated p. 87).
D. Schubert, Die Kunst Lehmbrucks, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 125 (the plaster version illustrated pl. 79).
D. Schubert, Die Kunst Lehmbrucks, Dresden, 1990, no. 133 (the plaster version illustrated pl. 85).
D. Schubert, Wilhelm Lehmbruck - Catalogue Raisonné der Skulpturen 1898-1919, Worms, 2001, no. 54.B.4 (another cast illustrated; listed as 'Fälschung?' [see note below]).

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that this lot should not have been marked with a triangle as indicated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

The expert, Professor D. Schubert, after pysically examining the present work in October 2001, has revised his opinion regarding its authenticity. The present work is an authentic, posthumous cast, probably cast in the 1940s or 1950s.

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