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Ernst Seger

Ernst Seger (Neurode/Breslau 1865 - 1939 Berlin), "Jugend", 1923, marble, signed and dated on the elevation supporting the free leg, h: 68 cm, the first known version of this sculpture was created in 1921, after its presentation at the Munich art exhibition in 1925, bronze casts were made for the "Jugend-Brunnen" in Leverkusen, the Villa Hügel in Essen and a Nuremberg park, in addition, smaller ones are known, The number of examples carved in marble is not known, but it can be assumed that it was significantly less than the 9 examples of Seger's "Aphrodite", the number of which was considered a sensation at the time. Limit 1620,- >> German sculptor, studied at the Breslau art school under Christian Behrens, 1893 study visit and work in Auguste Rodin's studio, since 1894 in Berlin with his own studio; created numerous monuments and female figures inspired by antiquity, such as the Wounded Amazon (1908); bibliography: Thieme Becker, Bénézit, Die Berliner Bildhauerschule 1786-1914, Berlin 1990; Berman: Bronzes, vol. 4.

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Ernst Seger

Estimate 1 620 - 1 800 EUR
Starting price 1 620 EUR

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