Sale: 415 / Modern Art, June 06. 2014 in Munich Lot 329

 

329
Georg Kolbe
Pietà, 1928.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 14,000 / $ 14,980
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050

(incl. surcharge)
Pietà. 1928.
Bronze with dark brown patina.
Berger 121. With monogram below left foot. One of ca. 15 casts (of which 4 made during the artist's lifetime). Ca. 38 x 21,3 x 25 cm (14,9 x 8,3 x 9,8 in).
Casts of this bronze have presumably been made only as of 1929. This bronze is the second variation of three casts, this one is part of a series with a smaller variant (Berger 120) and a larger also called "Große Pietà" (Berger 122). [KP].

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

LITERATURE: Ludwig Justi, Georg Kolbe, Berlin 1931, p. 7.




329
Georg Kolbe
Pietà, 1928.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 14,000 / $ 14,980
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050

(incl. surcharge)