Bidspirit auction | Georg Kolbe

Georg Kolbe - Georg Kolbe: Wolkenfahrt, Skizze. KOLBE, GEORG 1877 Waldheim/Saxony - 1947 Berlin Title: Wolkenfahrt, Skizze. Date: 1924 (draft). Technique: Bronze, patinated light brown. Measurement: 30,5 x 15 x 17cm. Notation: Monogrammed on the stone rear lower right: GK (artist's signet). Foundry Mark: Foundry mark on the stone rear lower left: H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU. Frame/Pedestal: Plinth: 12 x 16,5 x 15cm (total size: 42,5 x 16,5 x 17cm). This bronze is a small version of the bronze ”Wolkenfahrt” (1924/25). Three casts of this small version are known. There is an expert opinion on this work by Dr Ursel Berger, Berlin, dated 22.10.2024. According to Dr Berger, this bronze is a lifetime cast, probably from before 1928. The work is listed on the Kolbe Museum website under cat. no. W 24.019. (www.sammlung.georg-kolbe-museum.de) Provenance: - L. Specht-Büchtling Collection (according to the consignor directly from the artist in 1928) - Private collection Baden-Württemberg Literature: - Cf. Berger, Ursel: Georg Kolbe - Life and Work. With the catalogue of Kolbe plastics in the Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1990, cat. no. 73, ill. - Impressive example of Kolbe's reduced formal language from the time of his artistic breakthrough - Kolbe's treatment of the tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca from Dante's Divine Comedy - Flowing, dynamic composition that depicts the physical and emotional bond between the sitters - In private ownership for almost 100 years Explanations to the Catalogue Georg Kolbe Germany Berlin Secession Modern Art Sculptures 1920s Couples Object Bronze Figure / Figures Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.