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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN ESTATE
GEORG KOLBE (1877-1947)
Sitzendes Mädchen
Details
GEORG KOLBE (1877-1947)
Sitzendes Mädchen
signed 'Gg Kolbe' (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'GUSS. H. NOACK FRIEDENAU BERLIN' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17 ¾ in. (43.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1907 and cast circa 1907-1909
Sitzendes Mädchen
signed 'Gg Kolbe' (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'GUSS. H. NOACK FRIEDENAU BERLIN' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 17 ¾ in. (43.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1907 and cast circa 1907-1909
Provenance
Anon. sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 26 March 1966, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
W.R. Valentiner, Georg Kolbe: Plastik und Zeichnung, Munich, 1922, p. 43.
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe-Leben und Wer, mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1990, p. 36 (another cast illustrated, p. 39).
U. Berger, Georg Kolbe-Leben und Wer, mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1990, p. 36 (another cast illustrated, p. 39).
Exhibited
(possibly) Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Salon d'automne, October-November 1909.
Further details
Dr. Ursel Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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