Designer (Artist) & Manufacturer: Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Markings: marked; foundry stamp
Country of Origin & Materials: German; patinated bronze
Additional Information: Posthumous casting of "Sitzende" by Georg Kolbe. Sculpture is marked with foundry stamp: H. Noack Berlin. Provenance: Private Collection, CA | Private Collection, NY | Private Collection, Bonn, Germany. Literature: Rudolf G. Binding, Vom Leben der Plastik, Inhalt und Schönheit des Werkes von Georg Kolbe, Berlin, 1933, illustration of another cast p. 40; Ursel Berger, Georg Kolbe - Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, no. 91, illustration of another cast p. 293. Ursel Berger, Georg Kolbe, Munich, 1997, no. 56, color illustration of another cast p. 57. "Georg Kolbe was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France. Many of Kolbe's 1000 sculptures were destroyed by confiscation, bombing and melting for war purposes. His sculptures are in many museum collections in Europe, USA and Russia, among them the Museum of Modern Art New York, and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm." {source: conceptartgallery}
Dimensions: 11"h, 9"w, 6.5"d

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