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Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Adagio
signed with the initials and stamped with the foundry mark 'GK H.NOACK BERLIN' (on the back of the base)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 31 5/8 in. (80.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1923; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of circa 25
Adagio
signed with the initials and stamped with the foundry mark 'GK H.NOACK BERLIN' (on the back of the base)
bronze with gold patina
Height: 31 5/8 in. (80.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1923; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of circa 25
Provenance
Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1960s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1960s.
Literature
G. Kolbe, 100 Lichtdrucktafeln, Marburg, 1931 (other casts illustrated pls. 31 & 32).
L. Justi, Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1931 (another cast illustrated pl. 9).
R.G. Binding, Vom Leben der Plastik, Inhalt und Schönheit des Werkes von Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1933/1941, p. 50.
G. Reinheckel, Kunsthandwerk und Industrieform, 100 Jahre Museum für Kunsthandwerk Dresden 1876-1976, Dresden, 1976, p. 151.
C. Graepler, Marburger Universitätsmuseum für bildende Kunst, Fünfzig ausgestellte Werke der Plastik, Marburg, 1986, pp. 60-61.
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe - Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, no. 58 (another cast illustrated p. 265).
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe 1877-1947, Munich/New York, 1997, no. 51 (another cast illustrated p. 53).
L. Justi, Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1931 (another cast illustrated pl. 9).
R.G. Binding, Vom Leben der Plastik, Inhalt und Schönheit des Werkes von Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1933/1941, p. 50.
G. Reinheckel, Kunsthandwerk und Industrieform, 100 Jahre Museum für Kunsthandwerk Dresden 1876-1976, Dresden, 1976, p. 151.
C. Graepler, Marburger Universitätsmuseum für bildende Kunst, Fünfzig ausgestellte Werke der Plastik, Marburg, 1986, pp. 60-61.
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe - Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, no. 58 (another cast illustrated p. 265).
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe 1877-1947, Munich/New York, 1997, no. 51 (another cast illustrated p. 53).
Special notice
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