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A Scooping Female Nude

Heinrich Steinhagen (Wismar 1880 - Hamburg 1948)


A Scooping Female Nude

Lot-No. 552

Proceeds : 4.200 €


Around 1925 or later. Clay, glazed. Kneeling female nude of a young woman scooping water with both hands, her gaze directed to the ground. The irregularly applied glaze makes the surface appear in a lively play of colours. H. 36 cm. - Literature: A similar copy, but with fire damage, is illustrated in K. v. Behr: Heinrich Steinhagen (1880-1948), p. 109. - Provenance: Estate of the artist Rudolf Behrend, Heikendorf. - Painter, graphic artist, sculptor and ceramicist, one the most headstrong Hamburg artists. He started as expressionist painter and sculptor, later he experimented with cubism and dada. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Applied Arts Mus.), Schleswig (SHLM), Los Angeles. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bénézit, Bruhns, Behr: H. S. - Ein deutscher Expressionist a. others.

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Heinrich Steinhagen: A Scooping Female Nude


Heinrich Steinhagen (Wismar 1880 - Hamburg 1948)

A Scooping Female Nude

Lot-No. 552

Proceeds : 4.200 €

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Around 1925 or later. Clay, glazed. Kneeling female nude of a young woman scooping water with both hands, her gaze directed to the ground. The irregularly applied glaze makes the surface appear in a lively play of colours. H. 36 cm. - Literature: A similar copy, but with fire damage, is illustrated in K. v. Behr: Heinrich Steinhagen (1880-1948), p. 109. - Provenance: Estate of the artist Rudolf Behrend, Heikendorf. - Painter, graphic artist, sculptor and ceramicist, one the most headstrong Hamburg artists. He started as expressionist painter and sculptor, later he experimented with cubism and dada. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Applied Arts Mus.), Schleswig (SHLM), Los Angeles. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bénézit, Bruhns, Behr: H. S. - Ein deutscher Expressionist a. others.

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