拍品 3226 - A185 印象派&现代主义 - Freitag, 29. Juni 2018, 04.00 PM
GEORG KOLBE
(Waldheim 1877 - 1947 Berlin)
Die Kathedrale (The Cathedral). 1921.
Bronze, dark brown patina.
Monogrammed on the back side of the right leg: GK.
Height: 57.5 cm.
We thank Dr. Ursel Berger for her kind assistance and for confirming the authenticity of the work, Berlin, 27 April 2018. It is a lifetime cast from the foundry Noack Berlin.
Provenance: Private collection Switzerland, by descent to the present owners.
"Kathedrale" (Cathedral) shows the typical new sculptural forms of Georg Kolbe that the artist created at the beginning of the 1920s: "Today my works are no longer created from nature [...]. I have come closer to the essence of sculpture, can give more expression to the form itself" (cited in: Berger, Georg Kolbe. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1990, p. 66).
The kneeling woman, her arms extended far above her head, is incorporated into clear triangular forms. The effect recalls an ornament within space. Depicted is the then-famous dancer Charlotte Bara, whose very stylised "Gothic rituals" were compared to Gothic cathedral architecture.
Provenance: Private collection Switzerland, by descent to the present owners.
"Kathedrale" (Cathedral) shows the typical new sculptural forms of Georg Kolbe that the artist created at the beginning of the 1920s: "Today my works are no longer created from nature [...]. I have come closer to the essence of sculpture, can give more expression to the form itself" (cited in: Berger, Georg Kolbe. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1990, p. 66).
The kneeling woman, her arms extended far above her head, is incorporated into clear triangular forms. The effect recalls an ornament within space. Depicted is the then-famous dancer Charlotte Bara, whose very stylised "Gothic rituals" were compared to Gothic cathedral architecture.
CHF 40 000 / 60 000 | (€ 41 240 / 61 860)
以瑞士法郎銷售 CHF 90 500 (包含買家佣金)
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