Sale: 428 / Modern Art, Dec. 03./05. 2015 in Munich Lot 71

 

71
Edwin Scharff
Pandora, 1951/52.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 23,750 / $ 25,650

(incl. surcharge)
Pandora. 1951/52.
Bronze with black patina.
Not in Jörgens-Lendrum, cf. Jörgens-Lendrum 264 for the large version. Monogrammed and dated "52" on plinth. Presumably one of just two known copies, made after the larger-than-life version of the "Pandora" from 1951. Height: 68.8 cm (27 in).

We are grateful to Dr. Helga Gutbrod, Edwin-Scharff-Museum, Neu-Ulm, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Lower Saxony.

LITERATURE: On the large version cf. Edwin Scharff, >> Form muß alles werden<< 1887-1955, published by Helga Gutbrod / Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu Ulm 2012, p. 143, illu. 3 as well as p. 229.
Edwin Scharff. Retrospektive, Skulpturen-Gemälde-Aquarelle - Zeichnungen-Graphik. Zum 100. Geburtstag des Künstlers, ex. cat. Edwin-Scharff-Museum, Neu-Ulm et al. 1987, cat. no. 68 with illu. p. 143.




71
Edwin Scharff
Pandora, 1951/52.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 23,750 / $ 25,650

(incl. surcharge)