August Macke
Sitter
Around 1912
Bronze. Height... Lot 109
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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.
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