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Gerhard Marcks (Berlin 1889 - Burgbrohl 1981)
Lot-No. 521
Starting Bid: 3.000 €
1977/78. Bronze, brown patinated. Figure: H. 28 cm, stone plinth: H. 3 cm (minimal chipped). Artist's signet, numbered 7/10, foundry mark GUSS BARTH RINTELN. One of 10 rare lifetime castings - Literature: Catalogue raisonné Hartog 1110 - 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. Rudloff, Martina. Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk. Bremen, 1977
Gerhard Marcks: Adelaide
Gerhard Marcks (Berlin 1889 - Burgbrohl 1981)
Adelaide
Lot-No. 521
Starting Bid: 3.000 €
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| Date: | 1977/78 |
| Technique: | Bronze, brown patinated |
| Dimensions: | Figure: H. 28 cm, stone plinth: H. 3 cm (minimal chipped) |
| Mark/Notation: | Artist's signet, numbered 7/10, foundry mark GUSS BARTH RINTELN |
| Description: | One of 10 rare lifetime castings |
| References: | Catalogue raisonné Hartog 1110 |
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. Rudloff, Martina. Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk. Bremen, 1977
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