Sale: 533 / Modern Art Day Sale and Gerlinger Collection, Dec. 10. 2022 in Munich Lot 526

 

526
Gerhard Marcks
Grosser Hahn, 1952.
Bronze with brown patina, mounted on a stone plate
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)
Grosser Hahn. 1952.
Bronze with brown patina, mounted on a stone plate.
Rudloff 577. With the artist's signet on the underside and inscribed "A" as well as with the foundry mark "RICH. BARTH BLN. MARIENDORF". Archive cast aside from the edition of 5 copies and another artist copy. 50.2 x 43.5 x 24.5 cm (19.7 x 17.1 x 9.6 in).
Cast by art foundry Barth, Berlin (before 1971). The work is based on further studies of roosters, some of which the artist used for the rooster in the "Bremer Stadtmusikanten" (Town Musicians of Bremen) from 1951. [AR].
• Animal sculpture of a proud rooster in the artist's typical reduced style.
• With his versatile oeuvre, Gerhard Marcks is regarded, along with Barlach, Lehmbruck and Kolbe, one of the most important German sculptors of the 20th century.
• A similar rooster also crowns the artist's most famous sculpture, the "Town Musicians of Bremen" from 1951.
• This is the first time in 25 years that a copy of this work is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com)
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PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.




526
Gerhard Marcks
Grosser Hahn, 1952.
Bronze with brown patina, mounted on a stone plate
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)