August Macke Lot n° 109

August Macke Sitter Around 1912 Bronze. Height 22 cm. Inscribed 'Kopie 15/15' on the underside, with the foundry stamp "H.NOACK BERLIN" on the reverse. - With beautiful brown, partly lightened patina. Provenance Estate of the artist; private collection Rhineland-Palatinate Literature Cf. August Macke in private. A journey through the life of August Macke, exhib. Cat. Kunsthaus Stade/Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg/August Macke Haus Bonn, Cologne 2009, p. 75; August Macke. Very close, Sauerland-Museum, Bönen 2019, p. 81; Pretty best friends. Hans Thuar & August Macke, Museen Staade/Edwin Scharff Museum Neu-Ulm/Museum August Macke Haus, Bonn, Petersberg 2020, p. 50 After August Macke first took up modeling in 1903, he created a few sculptural works in 1912 and 1913, including "Sitzende" and "Pierrot". The version of "Sitzende" on offer belongs to the series of 15 casts initiated by Til Macke.