Sculpture is marked with foundry stamp: H. Noack Berlin Friedenau. "Georg Kolbe was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France. Many of Kolbe's 1000 sculptures were destroyed by confiscation, bombing and melting for war purposes. His sculptures are in many museum collections in Europe, USA and Russia, among them the Museum of Modern Art New York, and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm. A cast of this work can be found in the collection of the Georg Kolbe Museum." {source: conceptartgallery} 21.5"h, 9"h, 7.5"w Sculpture is marked with foundry stamp: H. Noack Berlin Friedenau. "Georg Kolbe was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France. Many of Kolbe's 1000 sculptures were destroyed by confiscation, bombing and melting for war purposes. His sculptures are in many museum collections in Europe, USA and Russia, among them the Museum of Modern Art New York, and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm. A cast of this work can be found in the collection of the Georg Kolbe Museum." {source: conceptartgallery}
Condition
very good, minor patina loss at knees