LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Bronze

Measurements:

26.50 in. (67.31 cm.) (height) by 7.50 in. (19.05 cm.) (width) by 6.00 in. (15.24 cm.) (width)

Edition:

Ed. 7/12

Markings:

Inscribed with the foundry mark on the back of the base: Guss.Rich.Barth Bln Mariendorf; With the artist's signet on the top of the base

Condition:

No apparent breaks, repairs or flaws. Some modest surface grime in the hollows, and a couple spots of old adhesive residue on the back edge of the base.

Exhibited:

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, "A Tribute to Curt Valentin," November-December 1963.

Literature:

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, A Tribute to Curt Valentin, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1963, no. 67. We are grateful to Dr. Arie Hartog, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, for his kind assistance in cataloging this lot.

Provenance:

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York; Mrs. Stella Russell, San Gabriel, California, acquired from the above, 1969; Estate of the above.