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Three dancing girls
Nymphenbrunnen fountain
Lost Art-ID
533510
Artist / Creator
Schott, Walter
Birth
1861.09.18, Ilsenburg (Harz)
Death
1938.10, Berlin
Place of activity
Berlin
Title
Three dancing girls
Additional title
Nymphenbrunnen fountain
Dating
1903
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze)
Description
"[...] auf einer runden, schmalen Scheibe drei sehr bewegte Figuren, die als Gruppe nur durch die Hände oder vielmehr Fingerspitzen miteinander verbunden sind [...]" (description by W.Schott, Künstler-Leben, 1930); larger than life figures (= large Version of the fountain, smaller Versions are located inter alia in the USA)
1903 commissioned by Rudolf Mosse; located in the court of the park of the Palais Mosse, Leipziger Platz in Berlin
literature: Ursel Berger, Josephine Gabler, Drei Mädchen mit Vergangenheit, In: Berlin in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Jahrbuch des Landesarchivs Berlin 2002, S. 79ff.
Provenance
Rudolf Mosse, Palais Mosse, Berlin bis 1933; Emil Georg Stauß (circumstances of purchase are not finally clarified), 1936 transfer of the fountain to the park of Burg Schlitz/Kreis Teterow
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Contact
RAUE PartmbB
Potsdamer Platz 1
10785 Berlin
Germany
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