Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000881
Lot 125000881
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125000881
Renée Sintenis
Kleine Daphne, 1917.
Bronze with gold-brown patina. Mounted on a gra...
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 30,000
$ 29,250 - 35,100
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Kleine Daphne. 1917.
Bronze with gold-brown patina. Mounted on a granite base.
With the stamped monogram “RS” in the lower right and with the foundry mark “H. Noack Berlin” on the reverse. Height without base: 28.4 cm (11.1 in). Base: 6 x 5 x 5 cm (2,3 x 1,9 x 1,9 in).
There are also silver casts of the statuette. In 1930, Sintenis modeled a large version of this figure (CR no. 117). [MH].
• Renée Sintenis is one of the most important German sculptors of the modern era and was one among the defining figures in Berlin's art scene from the 1920s onwards.
• With “Little Daphne,” Sintenis addresses the female body as well as aspects of self-determination and female empowerment.
• Other examples of “Little Daphne” can be found in renowned public collections, including the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Portugal (since 2025).
LITERATURE: Ursel Berger, Günter Ladwig, Renée Sintenis. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 2013, CR no. 030 (illustrated, different copy).
Britta E. Buhlmann, Renée Sintenis. Werkmonographie der Skulpturen, Darmstadt 1987, CR no. 63 (illustrated, different copy).
Bronze with gold-brown patina. Mounted on a granite base.
With the stamped monogram “RS” in the lower right and with the foundry mark “H. Noack Berlin” on the reverse. Height without base: 28.4 cm (11.1 in). Base: 6 x 5 x 5 cm (2,3 x 1,9 x 1,9 in).
There are also silver casts of the statuette. In 1930, Sintenis modeled a large version of this figure (CR no. 117). [MH].
• Renée Sintenis is one of the most important German sculptors of the modern era and was one among the defining figures in Berlin's art scene from the 1920s onwards.
• With “Little Daphne,” Sintenis addresses the female body as well as aspects of self-determination and female empowerment.
• Other examples of “Little Daphne” can be found in renowned public collections, including the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Portugal (since 2025).
LITERATURE: Ursel Berger, Günter Ladwig, Renée Sintenis. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 2013, CR no. 030 (illustrated, different copy).
Britta E. Buhlmann, Renée Sintenis. Werkmonographie der Skulpturen, Darmstadt 1987, CR no. 63 (illustrated, different copy).
125000881
Renée Sintenis
Kleine Daphne, 1917.
Bronze with gold-brown patina. Mounted on a gra...
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 30,000
$ 29,250 - 35,100
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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