Lot Essay
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Property Sold by Order of
The Trustees of the
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
to benefit its Acquisition Program*
GERHARD MARCKS (1889-1981)
Details
GERHARD MARCKS (1889-1981)
Hockender Knabe
signed with artist's cipher lower right, stamped and numbered on the underside RICH. BARTH BLN MARIENDORF 3/8--bronze with brown patina Height: 10 1/8in (25.5cm.)
Conceived in 1952 and executed in an edition of eight
Hockender Knabe
signed with artist's cipher lower right, stamped and numbered on the underside RICH. BARTH BLN MARIENDORF 3/8--bronze with brown patina Height: 10 1/8in (25.5cm.)
Conceived in 1952 and executed in an edition of eight
Provenance
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (to Nov. 1954)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (Nov. 1954-May 1966)
Gift to the Hirshhorn Museum (1966)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (Nov. 1954-May 1966)
Gift to the Hirshhorn Museum (1966)
Literature
G. Busch, Gerhard Marcks Das Plastische Werk, Frankfurt, 1977, p. 367, no. 585 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Sept. 1984-Sept. 1985