2879 - Heinrich Düll and Georg Pezold (1867 Munich – 1956 Frauenchiemsee; 1865 Mittweida – 1943 Munich)

Heinrich Düll and Georg Pezold (1867 Munich – 1956 Frauenchiemsee; 1865 Mittweida – 1943 Munich) Fountain figure of a putto with a frog Bronze with a patina in shades of gray and green. Signed “Düll-Pezold.” A fully three-dimensional depiction, likely modeled around 1910–1914, of a seated putto looking up at the viewer in wonder; between his legs is a frog serving as a water spout. The two sculptors worked closely together in the Munich-Bogenhausen villa district beginning in 1894, usually signing their works with a double surname. In Munich, particularly in Bogenhausen, they created numerous public and private architectural sculptures and monuments. Fountain figures became one of the sculptors’ specialties. Height: 50 cm. General literature: Dr. Philipp M. Halm: “Heinrich Düll and Georg Pezold,” in “Kunst und Handwerk,” vol. 62, 1911/12, issue 9, pp. 253–264. Patinated bronze fountain figure of a seated putto with a frog. Signed.