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Bust of the Kneeling Woman
Lost Art-ID
396484
Artist / Creator
Lehmbruck, Wilhelm
Birth
1881.01.04, Duisburg-Meiderich
Death
1919.03.25, Berlin
Title
Bust of the Kneeling Woman
Dating
1911
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Plaster [?] ; Loam [?] ; Ceramics (Terracotta) [?] ; Ceramics (Clay) [?]
Measures
42 / 43 / 44 cm
Provenance
1911-o.d. Lehmbruck; Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf - Berlin; Hugo Simon Collection (1880-1950) - a loss as a result of Nazi persecution cannot be ruled out; 1941 Lucerne (estimate Fr. 4,000.-); 1947, 28 Oct. public art collection in Basel, for despatch to Curt Valentin, Buchholz Gallery, New York; 1947, 10 Dec. still in the Kunstmuseum Basel, ready for dispatch; 1948, 30.01 sold for Fr. 3778.10 ($ 900,-); [1950, 27.12. Kunstmuseum Basel, Depot]; O.D. Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York; O.D. John Cowles, USA; O.D. private collection, USA; 2018 Lempertz, Cologne, Auction 1110, Modern Art, 01.06.2018, lot 249, sold and since then ‘in the possession of an important German private collection’
Literature / Source
Zürich 1934 (Kunsthaus), Sammlung H. S. [Hugo Simon], o. Ausst. Kat.; Basel 1938 (Kunstmuseum), Leihgabe seit 2.4.1938; London 1938 (New Burlington Galleries), Exhibition of Twentieth Century German Art, Kat. Nr. 136 o. Abb. ("Bust Terrakotta 1911 42 cm; Collection: Hugo Simon, Paris"); Frankfurt 2007 (Städel Museum), Wilhelm Lehmbruck: Büsten, Werkliste, S. 80 , Abb. S. 27; Stephan Lackner/Helen Adkins, Exhibition of 20th Century German Art, in: Berlinische Galerie (Hg.), Stationen der Moderne, Berlin 1988, S. 318, Abb. 10/10; Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf-Berlin; Sammlung Hugo Simon, Berlin-Paris; Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York; John Cowles, USA; Privatsammlung USA; Werkliste Schubert 61 A 4; Ausst.-Kat. Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker: Tentoonstelling van Moderne Kunst. Amsterdam Oktober 1933, Kat.-Nr. 36 'Buste' mit Abb. ; Schubert, Dietrich: Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Catalogue raisonné der Skulpturen, 1898-1919, Worms 2001, S. 244, Kat.-Nr. 61.A4 ; Westheim, Paul: Wilhelm Lehmbruck. Berlin 1919, Abb. 31 "Frauenkopf. (Knieende)"; Twentieth Century German Art. London 1938, S. 28, Nr. 136 "Bust, Terrakotta (1911), 42 cm, Collection: Hugo Simon, Paris" ; Ausst.-Kat. Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker: Tentoonstelling van Moderne Kunst. Amsterdam Oktober 1933, Kat.-Nr. 36 'Buste' mit Abb.
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