KOLBE, GEORG
1877 Waldheim/Saxony - 1947 Berlin

Title: Flora.
Date: 1939 (draft).
Technique: Bronze, goldish-brown-patinated.
Measurement: 72 x 28 x 17,5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed on the plinth behind the right foot: GK (artist's signet).
Foundry Mark: Foundry stamp at the back edge of the plinth: H.NOACK BERLIN.

The work stems from one edition of three casts during the artist's life time.

For this work an expertise by Mrs Dr. Ursel Berger, Berlin, from 21st January, 2018, is available in copy.

Provenienze:
- Private collection Küpper
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Berger, Ursel: Georg Kolbe - Leben und Werk. With catalogue of the Kolbe-plastics at the Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1990, cat. no. 175, ill.

-Georg Kolbe is one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century
-His nude sculptures are inspired by the figure ideal of antiquity and at the same time an expression of his intensive preoccupation with the depiction of modern man
-Sculpture of extreme rarity
-Excellent casting with beautiful patina
-Small version of a larger-than-life female figure for the 'Ring of Statues' in the Rothschild Park in Frankfurt am Main.