Auction 317: Modern Art | Day Sale | 29 June 2023
August Gaul

Standing bear

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August Gaul
1869 Groß-Auheim bei Hanau – Berlin 1921
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Bronze with golden brown patina, on a marble plinth. (1917). Ca. 24 x 11 x 17 cm (Height with plinth ca. 32 cm). A cast from an edition of presumably 12. Incised with the artist’s name on the outer side of the right leg.

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Details

Gabler 251.

Provenienz:
Privatbesitz, Hessen.

Description

In den Geschäftsbüchern der Galerie Cassirer ist zwischen 1917 und 1918 der Verkauf von 12 Güssen des Bären belegt. In diesen Unterlagen ist die Auflage nummeriert, die Exemplare sind jedoch nur vereinzelt nummeriert.
Der aufrecht stehende, tapsige junge Bär mit seinen nach vorn gehaltenen Tatzen bereitet den “Stehenden Bären (groß)” vor (Gabler 252).

Period

Modern Art

Technique

Sculpture/Object/Multiple

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