Drinking Woman
Victor Heinrich Seifert (Döbling bei Wien 1870 - Berlin 1953)
Lot-No. 221
Hammer Price: 1.900 €
Around 1920/30. Bronze, olive brown patinated, signed 'Prof.V. Seifert'. Figure: H. 62.5 cm, black serpentine base: H. 10 cm. Visible cast seam on the right 'upper arm, plinth minimally chipped, stone base chipped. Erotic representation of a female nude drinking from a bowl. - The Drinking Woman is one of Seifert's best-known works, a life-size example is his fountain sculpture in Rostock (1922) - Provenance: Privately owned in Schleswig-Holstein since around 1930 - German sculptor. Seifert attended schools in Vienna and Munich and studied at the Museum of Decorative Arts and at the Berlin Art Academy under Ernst Herter, Ludwig Manzel and Peter Breuer. After World War I he was one of the busiest sculptors in Germany. He created a large number of statues and war memorials. Lit.: Thieme/Becker; Vollmer
Victor Heinrich Seifert: Drinking Woman
Victor Heinrich Seifert (Döbling bei Wien 1870 - Berlin 1953)
Drinking Woman
Lot-No. 221
Hammer Price: 1.900 €
| Date: | Around 1920/30 |
| Technique: | Bronze, olive brown patinated, signed 'Prof.V. Seifert'. |
| Dimensions: | Figure: H. 62.5 cm, black serpentine base: H. 10 cm |
| Condition: | Visible cast seam on the right upper arm, plinth minimally chipped, stone base chipped |
| Provenance: | Privately owned in Schleswig-Holstein since around 1930 |
| Description: | Erotic representation of a female nude drinking from a bowl. - The Drinking Woman is one of Seifert's best-known works, a life-size example is his fountain sculpture in Rostock (1922) |
Vita:
German sculptor. Seifert attended schools in Vienna and Munich and studied at the Museum of Decorative Arts and at the Berlin Art Academy under Ernst Herter, Ludwig Manzel and Peter Breuer. After World War I he was one of the busiest sculptors in Germany. He created a large number of statues and war memorials. Lit.: Thieme/Becker; Vollmer
