100 - KOLBE, GEORG

KOLBE, GEORG 1877 Waldheim/Saxony–1947 Berlin Title: Stehendes Mädchen (Mädchenfigur mit Gewand). Date: 1906 (draft). Technique: Bronze, light-brown-patinated. Measurement: 35.5 x 8 x 10 cm. Notation: Monogrammed on the plinth behind the right foot: GK. Foundry mark: H. NOACK BERLIN. The bronze is registered under number W 06.014 at the online catalogue raisonné of the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin. This is one of 9 casts in total. On the rear plinth edge foundry mark: Provenance: - Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover (2007) - Private collection South Germany - A figure design from 1906 featuring a finely observed, natural posture - A vividly modelled bronze with a warm, light-brown patina - One of Kolbe’s earliest sculptural works, created during his year’s stay at the Villa Romana in Florence as one of the first scholarship holders After training as a painter and graphic artist, Georg Kolbe turned to sculpture around 1900. During an extended stay in Rome, he began to focus intensively on the depiction of the human body. Even in his early sculptures, his keen sense of the natural posture and movement of the human body is evident. Careful observation of the form and a lively treatment of the surface became key foundations of his sculptural work. The female figure, in particular, soon took center stage in his oeuvre. The “Standing Girl,” designed in 1906, belongs to this early phase of his work. A young woman stands on a narrow, irregularly shaped plinth with her legs slightly offset and her arms hanging loosely at her sides. Her head is gently tilted, her gaze lowered. With one hand, she holds a cloth behind her body; its heavier, restlessly modeled folds extend all the way down to the base. This understated gesture lends the figure an air of both naturalness and thoughtfulness. Particularly appealing is the contrast between the softly rounded parts of the body and the more dynamic modeling of the hair and garment. Fine irregularities in the surface stand out on the light brown patinated bronze: shifting reflections of light emphasize the shoulders, hips, and legs. Although the figure stands upright, the slight tilt of the head and upper body, along with the differing positions of the legs, creates a subtle sense of movement. The body appears neither strictly aligned nor deliberately staged, but rather captured in a casual moment. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Inland: 30.25 Euro plus 5.75 Euro VAT EU: 46.22 Euro plus 8.78 Euro VAT Third country: 92.44 Euro plus 17.56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Georg Kolbe #Expressionism #Berlin Secession #Germany #Modern Art #1900s #Sculptures.