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Gerhard Marcks
Akrobaten, 1947.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,450 Sold:
€ 3,125 / $ 3,593 (incl. surcharge)
158
Gerhard Marcks
Akrobaten, 1947.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,450 Sold:
€ 3,125 / $ 3,593 (incl. surcharge)
Akrobaten. 1947.
Bronze with brown patina.
Rudloff 500. Rear edge of plinth with artist's signet, Roman number and foundry mark "Guss Barth Rinteln". From an edition of 12 copies. 20.5 x 5 x 4.6 cm (8 x 1.9 x 1.8 in).
Posthumously cast in 1999 by art foundry Richard Barth, Rinteln. Following the artist's request, the edition was increased from 8 to 12 in 1979. The artist was inspired to create this group by a visit to the St. Pauli Circus in Hamburg. [EL].
We are grateful to Dr. Arie Hartog, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Auction house Peter Karbstein, Düsseldorf, February 26, 2002, lot 229.
Private collection Switzerland (acquired in aforementioned auction).
EXHIBITION: (selection Auswahl, each presumably different copy)
Gerhard Marcks, Kunst und Museumsverein Wuppertal, Wuppertal 1949, cat. no. 45.
Gerhard Marcks, Kestnergesellschaft Hannver 1949, cat. no. 47.
Gerhard Marcks, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York 1951, cat. no. 20.
Gerhard Marcks, National-Galerie Berlin (East) 1958, cat. no. 36.
Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin 1971, cat. no. 29.
Bronze with brown patina.
Rudloff 500. Rear edge of plinth with artist's signet, Roman number and foundry mark "Guss Barth Rinteln". From an edition of 12 copies. 20.5 x 5 x 4.6 cm (8 x 1.9 x 1.8 in).
Posthumously cast in 1999 by art foundry Richard Barth, Rinteln. Following the artist's request, the edition was increased from 8 to 12 in 1979. The artist was inspired to create this group by a visit to the St. Pauli Circus in Hamburg. [EL].
We are grateful to Dr. Arie Hartog, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, for his kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Auction house Peter Karbstein, Düsseldorf, February 26, 2002, lot 229.
Private collection Switzerland (acquired in aforementioned auction).
EXHIBITION: (selection Auswahl, each presumably different copy)
Gerhard Marcks, Kunst und Museumsverein Wuppertal, Wuppertal 1949, cat. no. 45.
Gerhard Marcks, Kestnergesellschaft Hannver 1949, cat. no. 47.
Gerhard Marcks, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York 1951, cat. no. 20.
Gerhard Marcks, National-Galerie Berlin (East) 1958, cat. no. 36.
Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin 1971, cat. no. 29.
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