611 - Nativity scene with stable and twelve crib figures after Karl Kuolt, shepherds, kings, ox, sheep

Nativity scene with stable and twelve crib figures after Karl Kuolt, shepherds, kings, ox, sheep Wood and natural materials, nativity scene with wooden stable with steep shingle roof reaching to the ground with remains of moss, open front with timber framing, side annex with pent roof and fence on a rectangular base, with twelve crib figures in a light brown natural tone, unpainted, sticker “KUOLT” on one figure base: Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus in the crib, kings, shepherds, shepherdesses, lying ox and two sheep, in heavily used condition commensurate with age, stable and figures with many wax stains, partly damaged, figures H. approx. 15 cm, stable 48x50x29 cm (HxWxD) Karl Kuolt (born 1879 Spaichingen, died 1937 Munich), sculptor, came to Munich in 1897 and studied there at the School of Applied Arts and the Academy. He designed the nativity scene named after him in the 1920s and 1930s; because of its sparse depiction reduced to the essentials it is popularly called the poor crib. The figures are carved in limewood by Anri and offered in painted, glazed and natural finish in sizes from 7.5 to 25 cm; a folk nativity released by Kuolt for reproduction is still made in South Tyrol today. The type is sought as Kuolt crib or Anri crib.