Vente: 522 / Modern Art II 11 décembre 2021 à Munich Lot 424

 

424
Margarethe Moll
Krugträgerin (Stehende mit Krug), 1928.
Bronze with golden brown patina
Estimation:
€ 14,000 / $ 15,120
Résultat:
€ 27,500 / $ 29,700

( frais d'adjudication compris)
Krugträgerin (Stehende mit Krug). 1928.
Bronze with golden brown patina.
With the name on the reverse of the plinth. One of to date six known casts. Height: 69.5 cm (27.3 in).
Cast after a model of the "Krugträgerin" from 1949. The original model was made in 1928 and was destroyed in an air raid in WW II. Cast after 1949. [AM].
• Important work in Marg Moll's oeuvre. After the original model had been destroyed, the artist made a new and just slightly altered version of the "Krugträgerin".
• The only known early copy of the "Krugträgerin" from 1928 is in the Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin.
• Marg Moll was one of the few sculptresses active in the early 20th century.
• Just as it was the case with her teacher Henri Matisse, Marg Moll also focussed on the depiction of the human figure, especially the female nude, in her sculptural creation
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We are grateful to Mr. Werner Filmer for his kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: From the artist' s estate.
Private collection Northern Germany.

LITERATURE: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, Bergisch Gladbach 2013, 141 (with illu. on p. 81, earlier copy).




424
Margarethe Moll
Krugträgerin (Stehende mit Krug), 1928.
Bronze with golden brown patina
Estimation:
€ 14,000 / $ 15,120
Résultat:
€ 27,500 / $ 29,700

( frais d'adjudication compris)