Pair of large centerpieces 'horse tamers'

Joseph Wackerle (Partenkirchen 1880 - Partenkirchen 1959)

Nymphenburg. Models from 1921/41. Porcelain, painted in color. H. 62 cm. . Diamond shield mark, model no. 568 and 891. Professionally restored, some visible cracks. Wackerle first designed the motif of the rising horse in 1913-15 as a centerpiece and the focus of an extensive service on the occasion of the marriage of Duke Ernst August of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and his wife, Victoria Luise of Prussia. In 1921 he changed the 'aristocratic' model of the Guelph steed and added a Moor boy holding the horse by the reins. It was not until April 1941 that the figure received a counterpart with the horse tamer, who now wore an Electoral Bavarian uniform in the 18th century style - Expertise: - Exhibition: - Literature: Fig. in: Alfred Zahl. Nymphenburg Modernism. Munich, 1997, pp. 250/251 and 257 - Provenance: - German sculptor and medal maker, educated at the School of Arts and Crafts and Academy in Munich, since 1906 Artistic Director at the Nymphenburg porcelain manufactory, professor at the arts and crafts museum Berlin, between 1924-50 teaching assignment at the Munich Art Academy.