3209 - WILHELM LEHMBRUCK

WILHELM LEHMBRUCK (Duisburg 1881–1919 Berlin) Bathing Girl (Bather). 1905–09. Bronze, dark brown patina. Cast during the artist’s lifetime. Signed on the base: W. Lehmbruck. Foundry stamp on the side: Bronceguss v. Bernh. Förster / Düsseldorf. H 65 cm. Provenance: - Private collection, Germany. - Ketterer Kunst auction, Munich, December 12, 2009, lot 103. - Private collection, Germany, acquired at the above auction. Literature: Dietrich Schubert: Wilhelm Lehmbruck. Catalogue raisonné der Skulpturen. 1898–1919, Worms 2001, pp. 163/164, no. 12B. The authenticity of the work was confirmed by Dr. Dietrich Schubert in 2009. This particularly fine example is one of the few lifetime casts that Lehmbruck made of “Badendes Mädchen (Badende).” * The full tax is charged on this item marked *; that is, VAT is charged on the total amount but will be refunded to purchasers upon presentation of a validly stamped export declaration.