Lot 171
  • 171

Georg Kolbe

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Georg Kolbe
  • Tänzer Nijinsky
  • Inscribed with the artist's monogram GK, stamped with the foundry mark H NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU and inscribed II

  • Bronze, dark brown-green patina with stone base
  • Height: 25 1/4 in. 64.1 cm not including stone base
  • Conceived in 1913-1919 and cast in an edition of 20.

Exhibited

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.M. Warburg, 1958

Literature

Ursel Berger, Georg Kolbe- Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1990, no. 23, illustration of another cast, p. 228

Condition

Overall good condition. Bronze base: 9 1/2 by 4 by 3/4 in. Stone base: 9 1/2 by 5 by 6 in.. Bronze base is affixed to stone base. Dusty in crevices. Some rubbing. A few minor, scattered spots of white house paint.
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