Sale: 474 / Art of the 19th Century, Nov. 23. 2018 in Munich Lot 116

 

116
Carl Paul Jennewein
Cupido und Kranich, 1923/24.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)
Cupido und Kranich. 1923 /24.
Bronze , with golden and dark brown patina.
Inscribed and dated "C. P. Jennewein © 1931" on top of the base. Total height: 55.5 cm (21.8 in). Base: 27 x 13,2 cm ( 10,6 x 5,1 in).
Cast in 1931 by Priessmann Bauer & Co, Munich (with foundry mark on right side of base). [FS].
One of just four copies with the completed golden-brown patina offered on the art market over the last eightenn years (source: artnet, as of June 19, 2018).

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

LITERATURE: Shirley Reiff Howarth, C. Paul Jennewein Sculptor, The Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida, 1980, p. 20, 81; illu. p. 23, no. 31 and p. 81, no. 141 (presumably different copy).
Janis C. Conner, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture. Studio works 1893-1939, Austin 1989, p. illu. in p. 83 (presumably different copy).
R. Salmon, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, volBd. II, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1993, S. 60 f. (presumably different copy).




116
Carl Paul Jennewein
Cupido und Kranich, 1923/24.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)