Bidspirit auction | Gerhard Marcks: Cenerentola

Gerhard Marcks: Cenerentola - MARCKS, GERHARD 1889 Berlin - 1981 Burgbrohl Title: Cenerentola. Date: 1941 (draft). Technique: Bronze, black-brown patinated. Measurement: 42 x 30 x 18cm. Notation: Artist's signet on the back of the right hip. Additionally numbered on the buttocks: I. Foundry Mark: Beside it foundry mark: RICH BARTH BLN MARIENHOF. Number: I. This bronze is from an edition of 10 copies. Provenance: - Private Collection USA - Bayer Inc., USA - Bayer AG, Leverkusen (acquired from the previous owner in 2005) Exhibitions: - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2013 Literature: - Busch, Günter/Rudloff, Martina: Gerhard Marcks - Das plastische Werk. Mit einem Werkverzeichnis von Martina Rudloff, Frankfurt a.MBerlin/Vienna 1979 (2nd edition), cat. rais. no. 399, fig. - Farbenfabriken Bayer (eds.): Kunstwerk - Bildende Kunst bei Bayer, Leverkusen 1992, p. 156, fig. - Exhib. cat. From Beckmann to Warhol, Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries - The Bayer Collection, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Cologne 2013, p. 107, fig. - Cast during artist's lifetime, with harmonious patina - Former part of the American collection inventory of the Bayer Collection - The gravity of the material constitutes a contrast to the delicacy of the depicted ”Cinderella” figure Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. This lot will be sold under standard taxation (Condition of Sale §V5.1) Explanations to the Catalogue Gerhard Marcks Germany Bauhaus Modern Art Sculptures 1940s Figure / Figures Object Bronze