August Gaul
August Gaul
Junger Schwan, sich putzend
1920
Bronze. Height 30.2 cm. Signed 'A. GAUL' verso right on cast-with plinth, early estate monogram 'AG' (in a circle) to the side of plinth, and foundry mark "H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU" verso on base. One of the estate casts approved in 1921. - Anthracite-coloured patina, partly brightly rubbed.
Gabler 286 a
We would like to thank Josephine Gabler, Berlin, for additional information and scientific advice.
Provenance
Private collection, Hamburg
Literature
Angelo Walther, Der Bildhauer August Gaul. Leben und Werk, Leipzig 1961 (phil. diss. typescript), no. 213; Roland Dorn, Verzeichnis der bei Cassirer nachweisbaren Arbeiten von August Gaul, in: exhib.cat. August Gaul, Berlin/Hamburg/Hanau 1999/2000, no. 96 II.
