Sale: 486 / Art of the 20/21 Century III, June 08. 2019 in Munich Lot 285

 

285
Gerhard Marcks
Elefant, 1970.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,420
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,712

(incl. surcharge)
Elefant. 1970.
Bronze with gold-brown patina.
Rudloff 954. With artist's signet, number and foundry mark "Guss Barth Rinteln" underneath the left hind leg. From an edition of ten casts. 25.3 x 34.3 x 11.2 cm (9.9 x 13.5 x 4.4 in).
This animal sculpture is based on nature studies of elephants that the artist made during a stay in Africa in 1955. They were executed as woodcuts in "Elefant" and "Afrikanischer Elefant" (Lammek 234 and 254). [EL].

PROVENANCE: Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

EXHIBITION: (preusmably different copy)
Bildhauer aus drei Generationen, Galerie Brumme, Mainz 1975, cat. no. 64.




285
Gerhard Marcks
Elefant, 1970.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,420
Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,712

(incl. surcharge)