Sale: 508 / Art of the 19th Century, Dec. 12. 2020 in Munich Lot 351

 

351
Franz von Stuck
Tänzerin, 1898.
Bronze with black-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 42,500 / $ 45,900

(incl. surcharge)
Tänzerin. 1898. (Guss nach 1906. Franz von Stuck wurde 1906 geadelt).
Bronze with black-brown patina.
Inscribed "Franz von Stuck" on plinth. With the foundry mark "Guss C. Leyrer München" on rear of plinth. 63 x 23.5 x 34.5 cm (24.8 x 9.2 x 13.5 in).

• Dynamic sculpture from days of the artist's marriage with Mary, who stood model for this scultpure
• In Stuck's characteristic combination of ancient and modern Art Nouveau style
• Inspired by the famous Fin de Siècle dancer Loïe Fuller
.

EXHIBITION: Munich 1869-1958, Aufbruch zur modernen Kunst, München, 1958, cat. no. 977 (different copy).
Franzvon Stuck, Werk - Persönlichkeit - Wirkung, Museum Stuck-Villa, Munich, 1968, cat. no. 7 (a cast from after 1906 was on display).
Franz von Stuck, Gemälde-Zeichnungen-Plastik aus Privatbesitz, Galerie der Stadt Aschaffenburg/Augustinermuseum Freiburg/Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, 1994, cat. no. 71 (with illu., different copy).
A passi di danza. Isadora Duncan e le arti figurative in Italia tra Ottocento e avanguardia, Museo Bardini e Galleria Corsi, Florence, April 13 - September 22, 2019, p. 117, no. 11 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Otto Julius Bierbaum, Stuck, Künstler Monographien, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1899 (illu. 145 and 146).
Thomas Raff, "Die Kraft des Mannes und die weiche Schmiegsamkeit des Weibes": Franz von Stuck: Das plastische Werk, ex. cat. Franz von Stuck Geburtshaus Tettenweis 2011, pp. 48-52 (with illu.).




351
Franz von Stuck
Tänzerin, 1898.
Bronze with black-brown patina
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 42,500 / $ 45,900

(incl. surcharge)