KOLBE, GEORG
1877 Waldheim/Saxony - 1947 Berlin
Title: Amazone (Little Amazon).
Date: 1911/12.
Technique: Bronze, red-brown patinated.
Measurement: 38 x 25.5 x 9.5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed on the plinth front left: GK (ligated). Numbered and inscribed on the plinth back right: I Made in Germany.
Foundry Mark: Foundry mark on the plinth edge back left: H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU. Number: I.
The work is accompanied by an expertise by Dr Ursel Berger dated 01.05.2024. According to Dr Berger, this bronze is a lifetime cast, probably from before 1914.
According to the Georg-Kolbe-Museum's inventory catalogue, the number of casts is unknown.
Provenance:
- Private collection South Germany
Literature:
- Berger, Ursel: Georg Kolbe - Leben und Werk. Mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1990, cat. rais. no. 19, ill. (here another copy)
- Casting during artist's life time with beautiful patina
- Sensual and moving depiction of a dancer who depicts Kolbe's fascination with expressive dance.