Modern, Post War & Contemporary, Evening Sale
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Lot 140 | Gerhard Marcks | Venus und Amor
Estimate
35.000
- 55.000
€
D F
Result:
(incl. premium)
46.200 €
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
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
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Stock Id: 79944-1