LOT 104:
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
|
|
![]() ![]() |
Sold for: €7,500
Start price:
€
6,400
Estimated price :
€8,000 - €12,000
Buyer's Premium: 32%
VAT: 19%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
|
Otto Freundlich: Männliche Maske
FREUNDLICH, OTTO
1878 Stolp/Poland - 1943 Lublin/Poland
Title: Männliche Maske.
Date: 1911 (model).
Technique: Bronze, bright-brown patinated.
Measurement: 45 x 26 x 16cm.
Notation: Monogrammed, dated and numbered underneath: O F 1911 8/9.
Foundry Mark: Beside it foundry mark SCHMÄKE DÜSSELDORF.
The mask is a posthumous cast. An edition of 9 copies was begun while the catalogue of works was created and during the extensive retrospective at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn. Back then 3 out of 9 copies were cast. One copy was privately owned and two were given to museums. This edition has now been finished. 2 copies are intended for the free market. 4 copies are intended for further museums.
Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
- Cf. Heusinger von Waldegg, Joachim: Otto Freundlich - Monographie mit Dokumentation und Werkverzeichnis, Cologne/Bonn 1978, cat. rais. no. 61
- Schrage, Lena: Otto Freundlich - Das Frühwerk, Frankfurt a.M. 2017, ill. no. 38.
Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Arrangement after the auction.
Explanations to the Catalogue
![](https://bidspirit-portal.global.ssl.fastly.net/common/images/system/pagePreLoader.gif)
![](https://bidspirit-portal.global.ssl.fastly.net/common/images/system/pagePreLoader.gif)