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188
Renée Sintenis
Fussballspieler, 1927.
Bronze with brown patina
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,880
Sold:
€ 54,180 / $ 62,848

(incl. surcharge)
Renée Sintenis
1888 - 1965

Fussballspieler. 1927.
Bronze with brown patina.
The plinth bears the signature. The back of the plinth bears the foundry stamp “H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU". Height: 40.5 cm (15.9 in).
[MH].

• In 1928, this figure won Renée Sintenis third prize in the Olympic art competition in Amsterdam.
• Sintenis created her renowned athlete sculptures in the 1920s.
• An early example of artistic exploration of movement, dynamics, and body image in the Weimar Republic.
• The bronze sculpture displays Renée Sintenis's characteristic style: minimalist realism with expressive tension
.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Schleswig-Holstein (inherited).

LITERATURE: Ursel Berger, Günter Ladwig, Renée Sintenis. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 2013, CR no. 092 (illustrated, different copy).
Britta E. Buhlmann, Renée Sintenis. Monograph of the Sculptures, Darmstadt 1987, CR no. 50 (illustrated, different copy).




188
Renée Sintenis
Fussballspieler, 1927.
Bronze with brown patina
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,880
Sold:
€ 54,180 / $ 62,848

(incl. surcharge)

 


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