Relief of a runner
Gerhard Marcks (Berlin 1889 - Burgbrohl 1981)
Lot-No. 231
Starting Bid: 800 €
1970. Bronze, golden brown patinated. 19.5 x 20.4 cm. Artist's signet at the bottom right. One of four designs with which Gerhard Marcks took part in an artist competition in 1970 for a plaque to mark the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It should be presented to the participants of the games - Literature: WVZ Rudloff No. 964 b (names a total of 4 casts) - 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: Relief of a runner
Gerhard Marcks (Berlin 1889 - Burgbrohl 1981)
Relief of a runner
Lot-No. 231
Starting Bid: 800 €
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| Date: | 1970 |
| Technique: | Bronze, golden brown patinated |
| Dimensions: | 19.5 x 20.4 cm |
| Mark/Notation: | Artist's signet at the bottom right |
| Description: | One of four designs with which Gerhard Marcks took part in an artist competition in 1970 for a plaque to mark the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It should be presented to the participants of the games |
| References: | WVZ Rudloff No. 964 b (names a total of 4 casts) |
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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