LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze

Size Notes:

height: 41¼ in.

Description:

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Markings:

inscribed with artist's monogram, numbered 1 and with the foundry mark H. Noak Berlin Friedenau

Condition:

Chocolate brown patina. Very minor dust, verdigris, and oxidation in the deepest crevices in the lower elements of the sculpture. One area of scratching near just above the artist's monogram. A few nicks to the patina around the bottom of the work. Rubbing and wear to the patina on the top of the figure's head. This work is in overall very good condition.

Literature:

Gerhard Marks, Seraphita, New York, 1967, no. 43-44, illustration of another cast Günter Busch & Martina Rudloff, Gerhard Marcks, Das Plastische Werk, Frankfurt, 1977, no. 290, p. 291, illustration of another cast

Provenance:

Morton D. Day, Saint Louis Laura Bramlette, Houston (acquired by descent from the above) Acquired by bequest from the above to the present owner