Sale: 494 / Modern Art, Dec. 07. 2019 in Munich Lot 527

 

527
Gerhard Marcks
Falke, 1956.
Bronze with dark brown patina
Estimate:
€ 7,000 / $ 7,560
Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 56,700

(incl. surcharge)
Falke. 1956.
Bronze with dark brown patina.
Rudloff 649. Underside with artist's signet, number and foundry mark "Guss Barth Berlin". From an edition of 10 copies. Height: 19.7 cm (7.7 in).
Just as it is the case with Gerhard Marck's earliest bronze from 1907, this work also shows a hawk. [EL].
This is the first time in 30 years that a copy of this work is offered on the auction market.

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (obtained directly from the artist, since in possession of the family).

EXHIBITION: (in selection, each presumably different copy) Gerhard Marcks. Paintings, Watercolors, Sculpture, Otto Gerson Gallery, New York 1958, cat. no. 4.
A Comprehensive Exhibition of Bronze Sculpture by Gerhard Marcks, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York 1967, cat. no. 53.
Gerhard Marcks - Werke der Kölner Jahre 1950 bis 1969, Kunstverein Köln 1969, cat. no.30.
Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Vömel, 1974, no. 18.
Bildhauer aus drei Generationen, Galerie Brumme, Mainz 1975, cat. no. 60.




527
Gerhard Marcks
Falke, 1956.
Bronze with dark brown patina
Estimate:
€ 7,000 / $ 7,560
Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 56,700

(incl. surcharge)