Day Sale: Thursday, 28 November 2024
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LOTTO 140:
Gerhard Marcks
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Venduto per: €35 000
Prezzo iniziale:
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28 000
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€35 000 - €55 000
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IVA: 19%
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Gerhard Marcks: Venus und Amor
MARCKS, GERHARD
1889 Berlin - 1981 Burgbrohl
Title: Venus und Amor.
Date: 1952 (draft).
Technique: Bronze, patinated brown.
Measurement: 82 x 35 x 44cm.
Notation: Artist's signet on the plinth verso right. Numbered on the rear plinth edge: III.
Foundry Mark: Beside it foundry mark GUSS BARTH BERLIN.
Number: III.
This work is from an edition of three known casts.
Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
- Busch, Günter/Rudloff, Martina: Gerhard Marcks - Das plastische Werk. With a catalogue raisonné by Martina Rudloff, Frankfurt a.MBerlin/Vienna 1979 (2nd ed.), cat. rais. no. 594, ill.
- Cf. exhib. cat. Sculpture, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen 1971, cat. no. 95, ill.
- Touching and tender depiction of a mother and son
- The innocent, childlike figure of Cupid symbolises the unpredictability and playfulness of love
- The timeless sculpture combines aspects of antiquity with modern elements
Explanations to the Catalogue
Gerhard Marcks
Germany
Bauhaus
Modern Art
Sculptures
1950s
Figure / Figures
Object
Bronze
Mythology
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