Details
GEORG KOLBE (1877-1947)
Kleine Pieta
signed with monogram and stamped on the right foot 'H. NOACK BERLIN'--bronze with light brown patina
Height: 14¾in. (37.5cm.)
Original version executed in 1928; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of approximately 15
Kleine Pieta
signed with monogram and stamped on the right foot 'H. NOACK BERLIN'--bronze with light brown patina
Height: 14¾in. (37.5cm.)
Original version executed in 1928; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of approximately 15
Provenance
The Cantor-Fitzgerald Group, Ltd., Beverly Hills
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, Feb. 18, 1988, lot 57 (acquired by the present owner)
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, Feb. 18, 1988, lot 57 (acquired by the present owner)
Literature
L. Justi, Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1931, p. 25, no. 7 (another cast illustrated)
G. Kolbe, Georg Kolbe 100 Lichtdrucktafeln, Berlin, 1931, no. 92 (large version illustrated)
W. Pinder, Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1937, pp. 34-35 (large version illustrated)
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe--Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, no. 121 (another cast illustrated, p. 317)
G. Kolbe, Georg Kolbe 100 Lichtdrucktafeln, Berlin, 1931, no. 92 (large version illustrated)
W. Pinder, Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1937, pp. 34-35 (large version illustrated)
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe--Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, no. 121 (another cast illustrated, p. 317)
Exhibited
Indianapolis, Museum of Art, Dec., 1973-Sept., 1974 (on loan)
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, April, 1975-Aug., 1976 (on loan)
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, April, 1975-Aug., 1976 (on loan)