Kleine Hockende. 1922/23.
Bronze with brown patina.
Monogram and foundry stamp “H. NOACK BERLIN” on the reverse of the plinth. Height: 17.5 cm (6.8 in).
The exact number of copies of the “Kleine Hockende” is not known. The sculpture, also called “Trauernde” or “Kleine Sitzende”, seems to be very rare. The Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal owns one copy, purchased in 1942 (inv. no. P 0132). [EH].

• In the 1920s, Georg Kolbe found a special expression for his mature work.
• Georg Kolbe's "Kleine Hockende" conveys a deep emotional intensity in its - contemplation.
• "Kleine Hockende" (1922/23) is rarely offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.

LITERATURE: Victor Dirksen, 50 Jahre Städtisches Museum Wuppertal, Wuppertal 1952, no. 58 (illustrated, different copy).
Günter Wachtmann (ed.), Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Verzeichnis der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Wuppertal 1968, no. (not illustrated).
Günter Aust, Das Von der Heydt-Museum in Wuppertal, Recklinghausen 1977, no. 439 (illustrated on p. 218, different copy, titled “Trauernde”).
Sabine Fehlemann (ed.), Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Skulpturensammlung, new edition, Wuppertal 2000, p. 168 (illustrated, different copy).
"Every work by Kolbe solves a significant formal challenge and simultaneously provides a convincing representation of nature, especially the naked human body [..]."
Ludwig Justi, Georg Kolbe, Berlin 1931, p. 7, quoted from: Julia Wallner (ed.): Georg Kolbe, Cologne 2017, p. 22.