Bronze sculpture with brown patina, screwed on wall holdfast
Germany/Italy, 1965
Jenny Wiegmann-Mucchi (1895-1969) – German sculptor
With the authentication by the husband, the title and the date on a label on the reverse
Height: 11.5 cm
Very good condition
Beautiful illustration of an owl as a wall object by the German artist Jenny Wiegmann-Mucchi; her bronze sculptures are traded on international auctions

The German sculptor has depicted an owl, who is placed sideways on a rod and looks into the room. The rod is screwed onto a bronze plate, which serves for hanging on a wall. According to the label on the back the artist had dedicated this sculpture to friends.

The bronze sculpture with brown patina and wall holdfast is provided on verso with a label with the authentication by the husband, the title and the date. It is in very good condition. The sculpture measures 11.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm, the wall holdfast 15 x 17 x 1 cm.

Jenny Wiegmann-Mucchi (1985-1969)

Born in Berlin, Jenny Wiegmann-Mucchi studied from 1917 to 1923 in Berlin at the Levin-Funke-Schule where Lovis Corinth and August Kraus were her teachers. She also attended the Kunstschule Charlottenburg. She traveled through southern Europe and worked in Paris from 1931 to 1933. With her second husband Gabriele Mucchi she lived from 1934 on in Italy, where she worked under the artist name Genni. In 1950 she became a member of the artist group Realismo and received lectureships at the Kunsthochschule Weissensee and the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institute of the University of Greifswald from 1956. In 1962 and 1970 Jenny Wiegmann-Mucchi works were shown in solo exhibitions at the National Gallery in Berlin. (fea)

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