Sale: 512 / Modern Art II, Dec. 12. 2020 in Munich Lot 481

 

481
Georg Kolbe
Bewegungsskizze, Kleiner Ruf der Erde, 1925.
Bronze with black brown patina
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000

(incl. surcharge)
Bewegungsskizze, Kleiner Ruf der Erde. 1925.
Bronze with black brown patina.
Berger 75. With monogram beneath right hand and with foundry mark "H. Noack Berlin" beneath right foot. One of 15 posthumous casts. 22.8 x 25 cm (8.9 x 9.8 in).
Cast in 1964. The smal bronze was first shown at Cassirer in 1925. Kolbe had the larger version "Ruf der Erde" made in 1931. [SM].
• The large figure is one the artist's most appreciated works, a fact from which the smaller version also benefits.
• The bronze is a document of Kolbe's fascination for free dance.
• Particularly spatial and expressive posture
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Accompanied by an expertise in English issued by Dr. Ursel Berger, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, on May 24, 2018.

PROVENANCE: Jacob Weintraub Gallery, New York.
Private collection Switzerland (bought from Sotheby´s London, 2001).
Private collection Rhineland Palatinate.

LITERATURE: Sotheby's London, June 27, 2001, lot 188.




481
Georg Kolbe
Bewegungsskizze, Kleiner Ruf der Erde, 1925.
Bronze with black brown patina
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000

(incl. surcharge)