As of Nov 13, 2024

Margarete Moll

Lot 248
Liegende (Liegender weiblicher Torso), 1949
Bronze

3.8 x 15.5 x 2.6 in (9.7 x 39.3 x 6.5 cm)

Lot 248
Liegende (Liegender weiblicher Torso), 1949
Bronze
3.8 x 15.5 x 2.6 in (9.7 x 39.3 x 6.5 cm)

Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
Auction: 22 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 563
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale

Lot Details
Bronze with brown patina. With the artist's name on the reverse. From an edition of eight copies plus two épreuves d'artiste. 9.7 x 39.3 x 6.5 cm.
[AR].

• Reduced to the essence, the curving lines are wonderfully soft without sacrificing characteristic features.
• The wooden sculpture of "Liegende" (Reclining Figure), which served as a model, was created by the artist during her lengthy stay in England in 1949.
• Alongside Renée Sintenis, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emy Roeder, Marg Moll is considered one of the great female sculptors of the 20th century in Germany.
• Her work was most recently honored in the celebrated traveling exhibition "Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns - Zwei Künstlerpaare der Moderne".
LITERATURE: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, Munich 2024, illustrated in color on p. 168 (different copy).
Private collection, Austria
Lot Details
Bronze with brown patina. With the artist's name on the reverse. From an edition of eight copies plus two épreuves d'artiste. 9.7 x 39.3 x 6.5 cm.
[AR].

• Reduced to the essence, the curving lines are wonderfully soft without sacrificing characteristic features.
• The wooden sculpture of "Liegende" (Reclining Figure), which served as a model, was created by the artist during her lengthy stay in England in 1949.
• Alongside Renée Sintenis, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emy Roeder, Marg Moll is considered one of the great female sculptors of the 20th century in Germany.
• Her work was most recently honored in the celebrated traveling exhibition "Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns - Zwei Künstlerpaare der Moderne".
LITERATURE: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, Munich 2024, illustrated in color on p. 168 (different copy).
Private collection, Austria

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