Liegende (Liegender weiblicher Torso). 1949.
Bronze with brown patina.
Signed on the underside. From an edition of 6 copies. 9.7 x 39.5 x 6.5 cm (3.8 x 15.5 x 2.5 in).
[AM].
• Marg Moll was the only German sculpting student of Henri Matisse in Paris.
• She began her sculpting career even before Käthe Kollwitz, Emy Roeder and Renée Sintenis.
• Zadkine, Léger, Archipenko and Brancusi were among Moll's fellow artists.
• Moll conceived the wooden sculpture "Liegende“ in 1949 when she was living in England.
• Titled "Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns – Zwei Künstlerpaare der Moderne“ the Museum Wiesbaden plans a comprehensive show with her works for the autumn of 2023 (October 13, 2023 – February 18, 2024).
• Lifetime cast.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Private collection Northern Germany.

LITERATURE: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, Munich 2017, illu. p. 115.