Oskar Schlemmer

Estate of Fritz Katz
Helen Serger (La Boétie), New York
Acquired in 1987

Hans Hildebrandt, Oskar Schlemmer, Munich, 1952, no. 11, illustration of the wood version n.p.
Oskar Schlemmer (exhibition catalogue), Spencer A. Samuels & Company, Ltd., New York, 1969, illustration of another cast p. 161
Karin von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer Das plastische Werk, Stuttgart, 1972, illustrations of another cast pp. 30-34
Karin von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer, Monographie und Oeuvrekatalog, Munich, 1979, no. P 14a, p. 385
Oskar Schlemmer (exhibition catalogue), Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco & Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1986-87, illustration of the wood version p. 104

This sculpture is in overall good condition. Routine polishing of the silver plating has resulted in thinness in some areas revealing the subtle gold tones of the brass base metal below. Scattered surface irregularities inherent to the cast are visible. Minor scuffing to the edge of the base. Otherwise, fine.
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