Fine 20th Century Design & An Important Private Collection of Art Deco Figures

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Lot 70
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Hans Brockhage and Erwin Andra for Siegfried Lenz

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • `Schaukelwagen': an early tubular steel child's rocker/racing car
  • applied label inscribed, `Lenz, Rocki, Schaukelwagen'
  • 97cm.;
  • 38in. long
painted and plastic covered metal with painted metal wheels

Literature

Ulrich Lindner and Hans Brockhage: Marianne Brandt, "Habe ich je an Kunst gedacht", Chemnitz, 2001, p.151.

Catalogue Note

Developed from a  'toy design seminar' held in Dresden in 1950, the Schaukelwagen is more commonly found in bent beech and birch ply. This tubular steel version is believed to be an early model.