133 - SINTENIS, RENÉE

SINTENIS, RENÉE 1888 Glatz, Silesia–1965 Berlin Title: Self-Portrait. Date: 1944 (draft). Technique: Stucco. Dimensions: 27 x 14.5 x 15 cm. Base: Base (7 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm; total height: 34 cm). There are also versions in bronze and plaster. This is the artist’s final and, indeed, most powerful self-portrait. The emotional turmoil of the war years is etched on the face of the fragmentarily modeled head, making it a symbol of its time. Provenance: - Private collection, Hesse Bibliography: - Berger, Ursel/Ladwig, Günter: Renée Sintenis - Das plastische Werk, Berlin 2013, cat. no. 181. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Domestic: 30.25 euros plus 5.75 euros VAT EU: 46.22 euros plus 8.78 euros VAT Third country: 92.44 euros plus 17.56 euros VAT Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 Euros: 1.8 per thousand USA: by individual arrangement after the auction. #Renée Sintenis #Expressionism #Germany #Modern Art #Self-portrait #Sculpture #1940s #Sculptures. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obligated to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price toward this fee.