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Lot 1370 | August Gaul | Three Ducks
Estimate
30.000
- 40.000
€
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Unsold
GAUL, AUGUST
1869 Großauheim - 1921 Berlin
Title: Three Ducks.
Technique: Bronze.
Height: 53 x 85 x 43cm.
Notation: Inscribed on the plinth: A. Gaul.
Foundry Mark: Foundry name on the edge of the plinth H. Noack Berlin
Literature:
cf. J. Gabler: August Gaul. Das Werkverzeichnis der Skulpturen, Berlin 2007, p. 150ff, no. 157.
Exhib.cat. "August Gaul. Die Sammlung Alfons und Marianne Kottmann", Museen der Stadt Hanau 21.06 - 04.09.2011, p. 62.
Provenance:
Private ownership, Germany.
Under cat. rais. no. 157, Gabler records the two groups of ducks that Gaul made in 1911 for the so-called duck fountain in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg. This fountain was a gift from Berlin city councilor Max Cassierer; Cassierer himself was the uncle of Gaul's gallerist, the most important Berlin dealer for Impressionist art, Paul Cassierer, with whom the artist was also close friends.
The fountain basin was decorated with two groups of ducks, which quickly became very popular among the Berlin population.
1869 Großauheim - 1921 Berlin
Title: Three Ducks.
Technique: Bronze.
Height: 53 x 85 x 43cm.
Notation: Inscribed on the plinth: A. Gaul.
Foundry Mark: Foundry name on the edge of the plinth H. Noack Berlin
Literature:
cf. J. Gabler: August Gaul. Das Werkverzeichnis der Skulpturen, Berlin 2007, p. 150ff, no. 157.
Exhib.cat. "August Gaul. Die Sammlung Alfons und Marianne Kottmann", Museen der Stadt Hanau 21.06 - 04.09.2011, p. 62.
Provenance:
Private ownership, Germany.
Under cat. rais. no. 157, Gabler records the two groups of ducks that Gaul made in 1911 for the so-called duck fountain in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg. This fountain was a gift from Berlin city councilor Max Cassierer; Cassierer himself was the uncle of Gaul's gallerist, the most important Berlin dealer for Impressionist art, Paul Cassierer, with whom the artist was also close friends.
The fountain basin was decorated with two groups of ducks, which quickly became very popular among the Berlin population.
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Stock Id: 76780-1