170 - Emy Roeder

Emy Roeder Die Einsame 1946 Bronze. Height 36.2 cm. Scratched monogram 'E.R.' on the plinth verso. - Greenish, brown-golden patina. – Small, whitish oxidation traces on the front. Gerke 37 Provenance Studio of Emy Roeder, Frankfurt a.M.; Prof. Dr. Kurt Kirchhoff Collection (1905-1997), Göttingen (the sale is documented in a letter from Roeder to Kirchhoff dated November 20, 1966); private ownership, Switzerland (1983); thenceforth, family ownership Exhibitions Cf. i.a. Frankfurt a.M. 1965 (Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath), Emy Roeder. Plastik und Zeichnungen, cat. no. 10; Frankfurt a.M. 2013 (Museum Giersch), Künstlerin sein! Ottilie W. Roederstein, Emy Roeder, Maria von Heider-Schweinitz, cat. no. 68; Würzburg/Mainz/Berlin 2018-2020 (Museum im Kulturspeicher/Landesmuseum/Georg Kolbe Museum), Emy Roeder. Bildhauerin und Zeichnerin. Das Kosmische allen Seins, cat. no. 89, with col. ill. p. 163 The sculpture "Die Einsame" was Emy Roeder’s first bronze work following the end of the Second World War and her release from the Padula internment camp in Castel San Pietro. The sculpture’s subject matter, its restraint and its sense of closure, combined with a high degree of simplification, are likely to reflect the artist’s experiences of the preceding years.