Bronze with mit golden brown patina. With the artist's signet and the number on the underside. From an edition of twelve (planned) copies. 13 x 25.5 x 6 cm. Cast by Barth, Rinteln (with the foundry mark on the underside. [CH]. - This work showcases the artist's unique skill in capturing the animals' distinct character and peculiarities with pronounced lines and simplified details. - Just two years later, Gerhard Marcks created his most famous animal sculpture, the “Town Musicians of Bremen". - Alongside Barlach, Lehmbruck and Kolbe, Gerhard Marcks is considered the most important German sculptor of the last century. LITERATURE: Martina Rudloff and Günter Busch (eds.), Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 1977, no. 532 (illustrated, different copy). - - Günter Busch, Gerhard Marcks. Tierplastik, Wiesbaden 1954 ( illustrated, different copy).
Gerhard Marcks. Dem großen Bildhauer zum Gedächtnis (special catalog 15), Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, February 16-May 31, 1983, cat. no. 24. - - (Each a different copy) Gerhard Marcks, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1951, cat. no. 38. Gerhard Marcks. Neuere Arbeiten (Wanderausstellung II), Hamburg/Bremen/Cologne/Dortmund/Stuttgart and others, 1951-1952, cat. no. 3. Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Kunsthalle, Kiel, 1952, cat. no. 2. Gerhard Marcks. Bildwerke, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen (1931-1953), Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, 1954, cat. no. 33. Gerhard Marcks. South Africa (traveling exhibition IV, Deutscher Kunstrat), Johannesburg/Durban/Stellenbosch and others, 1955, cat. no. 11 (illustrated). Gerhard Marcks. Afrikana (traveling exhibition V), Hamburg/Bremen/Tübingen/Heidelberg et al. 1956-1958 (no cat.). Gerhard Marcks. Skulpturen, Handzeichnungen und Graphik, Nationalgalerie, Berlin (East), 1958, cat. no. 50. A Comprehensive Exhibition of Bronze Sculpture by Gerhard Marcks, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1967, cat. no. 40. Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1968, cat. no. 10. Gerhard Marcks. Werke der Kölner Jahre 1950 bis 1969, Kunstverein, Cologne, 1969, cat. no. 5. Gerhard Marcks, Kunstverein, Mannheim, 1969, cat. no. 57. Gerhard Marcks - zum 85. Geburtstag, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1974, cat. no. 9 (illustrated). Gerhard Marcks - zum 85. Geburtstag, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, 1974, cat. no. 5
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin. Private collection Hamburg (acquired frm the above in 1983). Ever since family-owned
Lot Details
Bronze with mit golden brown patina. With the artist's signet and the number on the underside. From an edition of twelve (planned) copies. 13 x 25.5 x 6 cm. Cast by Barth, Rinteln (with the foundry mark on the underside. [CH]. - This work showcases the artist's unique skill in capturing the animals' distinct character and peculiarities with pronounced lines and simplified details. - Just two years later, Gerhard Marcks created his most famous animal sculpture, the “Town Musicians of Bremen". - Alongside Barlach, Lehmbruck and Kolbe, Gerhard Marcks is considered the most important German sculptor of the last century. LITERATURE: Martina Rudloff and Günter Busch (eds.), Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 1977, no. 532 (illustrated, different copy). - - Günter Busch, Gerhard Marcks. Tierplastik, Wiesbaden 1954 ( illustrated, different copy).
Gerhard Marcks. Dem großen Bildhauer zum Gedächtnis (special catalog 15), Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, February 16-May 31, 1983, cat. no. 24. - - (Each a different copy) Gerhard Marcks, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1951, cat. no. 38. Gerhard Marcks. Neuere Arbeiten (Wanderausstellung II), Hamburg/Bremen/Cologne/Dortmund/Stuttgart and others, 1951-1952, cat. no. 3. Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Kunsthalle, Kiel, 1952, cat. no. 2. Gerhard Marcks. Bildwerke, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen (1931-1953), Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, 1954, cat. no. 33. Gerhard Marcks. South Africa (traveling exhibition IV, Deutscher Kunstrat), Johannesburg/Durban/Stellenbosch and others, 1955, cat. no. 11 (illustrated). Gerhard Marcks. Afrikana (traveling exhibition V), Hamburg/Bremen/Tübingen/Heidelberg et al. 1956-1958 (no cat.). Gerhard Marcks. Skulpturen, Handzeichnungen und Graphik, Nationalgalerie, Berlin (East), 1958, cat. no. 50. A Comprehensive Exhibition of Bronze Sculpture by Gerhard Marcks, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1967, cat. no. 40. Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1968, cat. no. 10. Gerhard Marcks. Werke der Kölner Jahre 1950 bis 1969, Kunstverein, Cologne, 1969, cat. no. 5. Gerhard Marcks, Kunstverein, Mannheim, 1969, cat. no. 57. Gerhard Marcks - zum 85. Geburtstag, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1974, cat. no. 9 (illustrated). Gerhard Marcks - zum 85. Geburtstag, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, 1974, cat. no. 5
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin. Private collection Hamburg (acquired frm the above in 1983). Ever since family-owned
Gerhard Marcks 
