August Gaul Lot n° 121

August Gaul Donkey rider 1913 Bronze. Height 15.2 cm. Mounted on a marble plinth (2.4 x 4.7 x 12.1 cm). Signed 'A GAUL' on the plinth, with the foundry stamp "H.NOACK BERLIN" on the reverse on the side edge of the plinth. - With golden brown patina. Gabler 182 Provenance Private property Baden-Württemberg Exhibitions Cf. inter alia Berlin/Hamburg/Hanau 1999/2000 (Georg-Kolbe-Museum/Ernst Barlach Haus/Museen der Stadt Hanau), Der Tierbildhauer August Gaul, cat. No. 54 with color illus.; Frankfurt a.M. 2010 (Museum Giersch), Die Bildhauer August Gaul und Fritz Klimsch, Cat. No. 26 with color illus. One year after the "Donkey Rider (small)", Gaul created a female counterpart, probably based on the model of his daughter Charlotte.