Kriemhild III
Gerhard Marcks (Berlin 1889 - Burgbrohl 1981)
Lot-No. 594
Starting Bid: 4.800 €
1971. Bronze, braun patiniert. Bronze: H. 40 cm, Gesamthöhe mit Marmorsockel: 42 cm. On the plinth: artist's signet, foundry mark SCHMÄKE DÜSSELDORF, numbered copy 9/10. There are five versions of Kriemhild in different poses, created between 1971 and 1972. The model for the figures was Gerhard Marcks' granddaughter Christine - Literature: Catalogue raisonné Rudloff 0974 - German sculptor, graphic artist a. draughtsman, since 1907 he shared a studio with R. Scheibe, he taught at the Berlin art school before being called as teacher to the Weimar Bauhaus by W. Gropius, inspired by L. Feininger he started producing woodcuts, in 1928 he was awarded the Villa Romana prize a. became head of the art school Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, expelled by the Nazis in 1933 he lived in Ahrenshoop, in 1945 he became lecturer at the Hamburg Landeskunstschule. Mus.: Köln (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Bremen, Hannover a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Der Neue Rump a. others.
Gerhard Marcks: Kriemhild III
Gerhard Marcks (Berlin 1889 - Burgbrohl 1981)
Kriemhild III
Lot-No. 594
Starting Bid: 4.800 €
| Date: | 1971 |
| Technique: | Bronze, braun patiniert |
| Dimensions: | Bronze: H. 40 cm, Gesamthöhe mit Marmorsockel: 42 cm |
| Mark/Notation: | On the plinth: artist's signet, foundry mark SCHMÄKE DÜSSELDORF, numbered copy 9/10 |
| Description: | There are five versions of Kriemhild in different poses, created between 1971 and 1972. The model for the figures was Gerhard Marcks' granddaughter Christine |
| References: | Catalogue raisonné Rudloff 0974 |
Vita:
German sculptor, graphic artist a. draughtsman, since 1907 he shared a studio with R. Scheibe, he taught at the Berlin art school before being called as teacher to the Weimar Bauhaus by W. Gropius, inspired by L. Feininger he started producing woodcuts, in 1928 he was awarded the Villa Romana prize a. became head of the art school Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, expelled by the Nazis in 1933 he lived in Ahrenshoop, in 1945 he became lecturer at the Hamburg Landeskunstschule. Mus.: Köln (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Bremen, Hannover a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Der Neue Rump a. others.
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