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Georg Kolbe

Waldheim, Saxony 1877 – 1947 Berlin

Stehender weiblicher Akt. Circa 1903

Shell limestone, mounted on stone base. Height (without base): 139 cm (54 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. Stehender weiblicher Akt. Circa 1903.

Estimate:

EUR 30,000

 

- 40,000

USD 38,900

 

- 51,800

Sold for:

36,600 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

Classical Modern Art, Friday, 31.05.2013

Information

Shell limestone, mounted on stone base. Height (without base): 139 cm (54 ¾ in.). Catalogue raisonné: Not in the Berger catalogue raisonné. Unique work. Traces of weathering. Original base shortened by loss to the area around the feet.

Traces of weathering. Original base shortened by loss to the area around the feet

XIII. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession. Berlin, Ausstellungshaus der Secession, 1907, cat. no. 287, illustration (here titled: Dekorative Figur)

Donald E. Gordon: Modern Art Exhibitions 1900–1916. Selected Catalogue Documentation. Munich, Prestel-Verlag, 1974, vol. I, p. 141, ill. 285; vol II, p. 199 / Ursel Berger: Georg Kolbe – Leben und Werk. Mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1990, p. 48 (historical picture from Kolbe's studio, 1912)

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