Georg Kolbe

Kauernde
1917

Georg Kolbe, Kauernde

Bronze

h = 23.5 cm | h = 9 1/4 in

Signed with the initials and with the foundry mark »H. Noack Berlin Friedenau« on the plinth

Edition of One of 15 casts of the first edition which was published by the art dealer Ferdinand Möller, Potsdam/Berlin in 1919; 3 further casts are known as well as 13 posthumous casts which were made by 1920; rare, authentic lifetime cast

Work Catalogue Kolbe-Museum/Berger 1990 no. 31

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Expertise

Certificate of Authenticity by Dr. Ursel Berger, Berlin

Provenance

Private Collection Southern Germany (1958); Private Collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature
  • Ursel Berger, "Georg Kolbe – Leben und Werk mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin", Berlin 1990, no. 31
  • Ursel Berger, "Georg Kolbe – Das plastische Werk", in: Weltkunst, 1985, no.. 4
  • Philipps-Universität Marburg, "Georg Kolbe – 100 Lichtdrucktafeln", Marburg 1931, no. 20
  • Georg von Alten, "Georg Kolbe", in: Kunst für Alle, Zeitschriftenartikel, 1922, p. 217
  • Wilhelm R. Valentiner, "Georg Kolbe – Plastik und Zeichnung", München 1922, no. 23

About Georg Kolbe

Georg Kolbe was an important sculptor in modern art. The theme of dance determines his sensual, moving figures, which are collected internationally.

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