KÜNSTLER DER MÜNCHENER SECESSION

ARTIST OF THE MUNICH SECESSION Active around 1920 The fallen caryatid with a stone (based on a figure of the Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin) bronze, brown and greenish patina. H. 52,5 cm. Inscribed on the base 'Munich 12 1922', with monogram 'JTM' (?). Above a rock-like base slightly abstracted depiction of a seated old woman, carrying a stone on her shoulders. Part. min. ber. The present object is closely related to two works by Auguste Rodin. The artist took over the posture of the seated woman from the work "The old courtesan" from 1885 and emphasized the symbolic meaning by the stone on her shoulders comparable to the work "The fallen caryatid" (c. 1881/ 1882).Sign(10)ARTIST OF THE MUNICH SECESSION Active around 1920 The fallen caryatid with a stone (in reference to a figure of the Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin) Bronze, brown and greenish patina. H. 52,5 cm. Inscribed on the base 'Munich 12 1922', with monogram 'JTM' (?). Above a rock-like base slightly abstracted depiction of a seated old woman, carrying a stone on her shoulders. Part. min. ber. The present object is closely related to two works by Auguste Rodin. The artist took over the posture of the seated woman from the work ''The Old Courtesan'' from 1885 and emphasized the symbolic meaning by the stone on her shoulders comparable to the work ''The Fallen Caryatid'' (around 1881/ 1882).