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401
Georg Kolbe
Die Kniende, 1926.
Bronze mit red-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,200
Sold:
€ 69,850 / $ 78,930

(incl. surcharge)
Die Kniende. 1926.
Bronze mit red-brown patina.
Berger 87. With the monogram in ligature on the sole of the left foot. 54 x 24.5 x 20.5 cm (21.2 x 9.6 x 8 in).
Cast by art foundry Hermann Noack, Berlin (a total of ca. 60 casts). Just as it is the case with many of Georg Kolbe's without plinth, the present cast does not have a foundry mark. [SM].

• One of his most popular sculptures even during his lifetime.
• The year this work was made, a cast of this sculpture was shown at the Venice Biennale.
• Kolbe's sculptures stand for a new sense of nativeness
.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate.

EXHIBITION: Other copies can be found in the following museums:
Nationalgalerie Berlin.
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey.




401
Georg Kolbe
Die Kniende, 1926.
Bronze mit red-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 45,200
Sold:
€ 69,850 / $ 78,930

(incl. surcharge)

 


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