Georg Kolbe

Lot 318 Georg Kolbe Waldheim/Saxony 1877 – 1947 Berlin STEHENDER WEIBLICHER AKT Circa 1903. Shell limestone, mounted on stone base. Height (without base): 139 cm (54 ¾ in.) Not in the Berger catalogue raisonné. - Unique work. Traces of weathering. Original base shortened by loss to the area around the feet. EUR 30.000 – 40.000 US $ 38,900 – 51,800 Exhibitions: XIII. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession. Berlin, Ausstellungshaus der Secession, 1907, cat. no. 287, illustration (here titled: Dekorative Figur) Literature and Illustration: Donald E. Gordon: Modern Art Exhibitions 1900–1916. Selected Catalogue Documentation. Munich, Prestel-Verlag, 1974, vol. I, p. 141, ill. 285; vol II, p. 199 / Ursel Berger: Georg Kolbe – Leben und Werk. Mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1990, p. 48 (historical picture from Kolbe's studio, 1912)

Lot Description Georg Kolbe (1877-1947) Kniende signed with monogram (under the right knee); numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'II H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU' (under the left knee); numbered again 'II' (on the right foot) bronze with dark brown patina Height: 20¼ in. (51.4 cm.) Conceived in 1928; this bronze version cast by 1945 Provenance Erich Cohn, New York. By descent from the above to the present owner. Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION Literature U. Berger, Georg Kolbe, Leben und Werk, mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, 1990, p. 313, no. 115 (another cast illustrated).

Georg Kolbe (1877-1947) Schreitender Jüngling signed with the monogram and numbered 'GK 1' (on the top of the base), indistinctly stamped 'GUSS H. NOACK FRIEDENAU BERLIN' (on the side of the base) bronze with dark brown patina Height: 44 5/8 in. (113.2 cm.) Executed in 1925 Private collection, Germany, and thence by descent to the present owner. THE PROPERTY OF A LADY This work is recorded in the archives of Dr. Ursel Berger.

LOT 184 THE DOROTHY M. SKINNER AND JOHN S. COOK COLLECTION, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY GEORG KOLBE 1877 - 1947 SITZENDE (SEATED WOMAN) inscribed with the artist's monogram and stamped with the foundry mark H. NOACK BERLIN bronze height: 28.5cm., 11 1/4 in. Conceived in 1926 and cast at a later date.

Georg Kolbe Waldheim/Saxony 1877 – 1947 Berlin SITZENDE TÄNZERIN 1916. Brush and pen and India ink, washed, on brownish paper. 45,6 x 33,4 cm (18 x 13 ⅛ in.) Monogrammed (joined) lower right: GK. We would like to thank Dr. Ursel Berger, Georg-Kolbe Museum, Berlin, for kindly providing additional information.