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Georg KolbeStatuette I Bronze. Höhe 42,6 cm. Oben auf der Plinthe neben dem rechten Fuß

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Georg KolbeStatuette I Bronze. Höhe 42,6 cm. Oben auf der Plinthe neben dem rechten Fuß
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Georg Kolbe
Statuette I

Bronze. Höhe 42,6 cm. Oben auf der Plinthe neben dem rechten Fuß monogrammiert (ligiert) 'GK'. Guss ca. 1919. Einer von vermutlich nur 5 Güssen. Sehr selten. Edition Galerie Arnold, Dresden. - Mit schöner gleichmäßiger rotbrauner Patina.

Nicht bei Berger

Die Gießerei Hermann Noack, der der Guss am 12.11.2001 vorgestellt wurde, bestätigt, dass es sich um einen frühen Noack-Guss handelt mit der damals typischen Patina. Die Nummerierung und der Gießerstempel fehlen öfter.

Wir danken Ursel Berger, Berlin, für bestätigende und ergänzende Auskünfte.

Provenienz
Dr. Max Lütze, 1934 beim Künstler erworben; Diethelm Lütze, Stuttgart; Privatsammlung Baden-Württemberg

Ausstellungen
Stuttgart 1972 (Staatsgalerie), Deutsche Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts - Sammlung Lütze, S. 20 ("Kleine Tänzerin")

Literatur
Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Georg Kolbe. Plastik und Zeichnung, München 1922, S. 46 ("Weibliche Statuette") mit Abb. S. 22

Für Georg Kolbe und seine gleichgesinnten Zeitgenossen, wie etwa Richard Scheibe und Hermann Haller, war es ein wichtiges Anliegen, die figürliche Plastik in eine moderne Form zu bringen, sie loszulösen von althergebrachten darstellerischen Traditionen, Formgesetzen und akademischen Zwängen. Es ging ihnen um die reine, ungekünstelte Darstellung des menschlichen Körpers. Die Bewegtheit spielt dabei eine wichtige Rolle. Die Gestik ist meist zurückgenommen, doch scheint die ganze Figur von einer inneren Spannung erfüllt zu sein.
Ursel Berger schreibt dazu: „Das Agieren seiner Figuren ist nicht überdeutlich und somit inhaltlich eindimensional. Es werden keine Szenen aus dem Alltagsleben dargestellt, wie sie die vorangegangene Genreplastik bevorzugt hatte […] Kolbes Figuren spielen kein Theater, sie sind sie selbst. Dieser Eindruck wird vor allem dadurch erreicht, dass die Bewegungen, selbst ausgreifende Gesten, nicht aufgesetzt wirken. Ein besonderes Kennzeichen von Kolbes Plastiken ist, dass die Bewegung jeweils die ganze Figur durchzieht.“ (in: Georg Kolbe 1877-1947, Ausst. Kat. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin, 16. Nov. 1997 - 1. Febr. 1998, S. 26f.). Kolbe modellierte die "Statuette I" 1917 in Istanbul, wo er sich während des Krieges aufhielt. Erst nach seiner Rückkehr nach Deutschland Anfang 1919 konnte die Figur gegossen werden.
1934 erwarb der Bauingenieur Dr. Max Lütze die angebotene Bronze, höchstwahrscheinlich direkt vom Künstler. In leitender Position für die Firma Wayss und Freytag AG tätig, trug der gebürtige Schwabe Lütze seit den 1930er Jahren über einen Zeitraum von etwa zwei Jahrzehnten eine umfangreiche Expressionisten-Sammlung zusammen. Die Sammlung Lütze, seinerzeit eine der bedeutendsten ihrer Art in der Bundesrepublik, umfasste Gemälde von Franz Marc, Emil Nolde und Otto Mueller, Aquarelle von Nolde und Rohlfs als auch Plastiken von Lehmbruck, Barlach und Kolbe. Nach Lützes Tod 1968 wurde die Sammlung von dem Neffen Diethelm Lütze, Stuttgart, treuhänderisch verwaltet. Einzelne Objekte gelangten in die Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, die 1972 die gesamte Sammlung, einschließlich der Bronze von Kolbe, ausstellte.

Georg Kolbe
Statuette I

Bronze. Height 42.6 cm. Monogrammed 'GK' (joined) on the plinth next to the right foot. Cast circa 1919. One of presumably only 5 casts. Very rare. Edition Galerie Arnold, Dresden. - Beautiful, even, reddish-brown patina.

Not recorded by Berger

The foundry Hermann Noack, to which the cast was presented the cast on 12 Nov. 2001, confirms that it is an early Noack cast with the typical patina of that time. The numeration and the foundry stamp are often missing.

We would like to thank Ursel Berger, Berlin, for confirmatory and additional information.

Provenance
Dr. Max Lütze, 1934 acquired directly from the artist; Diethelm Lütze, Stuttgart; Private collection, Baden-Württemberg

Exhibitions
Stuttgart 1972 (Staatsgalerie), Deutsche Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts - Sammlung Lütze, p. 20 ("Kleine Tänzerin")

Literature
Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Georg Kolbe. Plastik und Zeichnung, Munich 1922, p. 46 ("Weibliche Statuette") with illus. p. 22

For Georg Kolbe and his like-minded contemporaries, such as Richard Scheibe and Hermann Haller, bringing figurative sculpture into a modern form and freeing it from established representational traditions, formal rules and academic strictures was an important goal. They sought a pure depiction of the human body, free of artifice. Motion played an important role in this context. Gestures are generally reserved; however, the whole figure seems to be filled with an inner tension.
Regarding this, Ursel Berger writes: “The activity of his figures is not obvious and, accordingly, thematically one-dimensional. There are no depictions of scenes from everyday life, like those previously favoured by genre sculpture [...] Kolbe's figures do not play-act, they are themselves. This impression is achieved above all through the fact that the movements, even sweeping gestures, do not seem artificially superimposed on them. One particularly characteristic feature of Kolbe's sculptures is that each one's movement permeates the entire figure.” (in: Georg Kolbe 1877-1947, exhib. cat. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin, 16 Nov 1997 - 1 Feb 1998, pp. 26f.). Kolbe moulded the "Statuette I" in Istanbul in 1917 where he stayed during the war. The figure was only to be cast after his return to Germany in early 1919.
In 1934 the building engineer Dr Max Lütze purchased the bronze offered here - very probably directly from the artist. The Swabian-born Lütze worked as a director at the company Wayss und Freytag AG: beginning in the 1930s and continuing for around two decades, he gathered together an extensive collection of Expressionism. The Lütze collection, in its day one of the most important of its kind in West Germany, encompassed paintings by Franz Marc, Emil Nolde and Otto Mueller; watercolours by Nolde and Rohlfs; and also sculptures by Lehmbruck, Barlach and Kolbe. After Lütze's death in 1968 the collection was held in trust by his nephew Diethelm Lütze, of Stuttgart. Individual objects made their way into the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, which exhibited the entire collection, including the bronze by Kolbe, in 1972.
Georg Kolbe
Statuette I

Bronze. Höhe 42,6 cm. Oben auf der Plinthe neben dem rechten Fuß monogrammiert (ligiert) 'GK'. Guss ca. 1919. Einer von vermutlich nur 5 Güssen. Sehr selten. Edition Galerie Arnold, Dresden. - Mit schöner gleichmäßiger rotbrauner Patina.

Nicht bei Berger

Die Gießerei Hermann Noack, der der Guss am 12.11.2001 vorgestellt wurde, bestätigt, dass es sich um einen frühen Noack-Guss handelt mit der damals typischen Patina. Die Nummerierung und der Gießerstempel fehlen öfter.

Wir danken Ursel Berger, Berlin, für bestätigende und ergänzende Auskünfte.

Provenienz
Dr. Max Lütze, 1934 beim Künstler erworben; Diethelm Lütze, Stuttgart; Privatsammlung Baden-Württemberg

Ausstellungen
Stuttgart 1972 (Staatsgalerie), Deutsche Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts - Sammlung Lütze, S. 20 ("Kleine Tänzerin")

Literatur
Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Georg Kolbe. Plastik und Zeichnung, München 1922, S. 46 ("Weibliche Statuette") mit Abb. S. 22

Für Georg Kolbe und seine gleichgesinnten Zeitgenossen, wie etwa Richard Scheibe und Hermann Haller, war es ein wichtiges Anliegen, die figürliche Plastik in eine moderne Form zu bringen, sie loszulösen von althergebrachten darstellerischen Traditionen, Formgesetzen und akademischen Zwängen. Es ging ihnen um die reine, ungekünstelte Darstellung des menschlichen Körpers. Die Bewegtheit spielt dabei eine wichtige Rolle. Die Gestik ist meist zurückgenommen, doch scheint die ganze Figur von einer inneren Spannung erfüllt zu sein.
Ursel Berger schreibt dazu: „Das Agieren seiner Figuren ist nicht überdeutlich und somit inhaltlich eindimensional. Es werden keine Szenen aus dem Alltagsleben dargestellt, wie sie die vorangegangene Genreplastik bevorzugt hatte […] Kolbes Figuren spielen kein Theater, sie sind sie selbst. Dieser Eindruck wird vor allem dadurch erreicht, dass die Bewegungen, selbst ausgreifende Gesten, nicht aufgesetzt wirken. Ein besonderes Kennzeichen von Kolbes Plastiken ist, dass die Bewegung jeweils die ganze Figur durchzieht.“ (in: Georg Kolbe 1877-1947, Ausst. Kat. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin, 16. Nov. 1997 - 1. Febr. 1998, S. 26f.). Kolbe modellierte die "Statuette I" 1917 in Istanbul, wo er sich während des Krieges aufhielt. Erst nach seiner Rückkehr nach Deutschland Anfang 1919 konnte die Figur gegossen werden.
1934 erwarb der Bauingenieur Dr. Max Lütze die angebotene Bronze, höchstwahrscheinlich direkt vom Künstler. In leitender Position für die Firma Wayss und Freytag AG tätig, trug der gebürtige Schwabe Lütze seit den 1930er Jahren über einen Zeitraum von etwa zwei Jahrzehnten eine umfangreiche Expressionisten-Sammlung zusammen. Die Sammlung Lütze, seinerzeit eine der bedeutendsten ihrer Art in der Bundesrepublik, umfasste Gemälde von Franz Marc, Emil Nolde und Otto Mueller, Aquarelle von Nolde und Rohlfs als auch Plastiken von Lehmbruck, Barlach und Kolbe. Nach Lützes Tod 1968 wurde die Sammlung von dem Neffen Diethelm Lütze, Stuttgart, treuhänderisch verwaltet. Einzelne Objekte gelangten in die Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, die 1972 die gesamte Sammlung, einschließlich der Bronze von Kolbe, ausstellte.

Georg Kolbe
Statuette I

Bronze. Height 42.6 cm. Monogrammed 'GK' (joined) on the plinth next to the right foot. Cast circa 1919. One of presumably only 5 casts. Very rare. Edition Galerie Arnold, Dresden. - Beautiful, even, reddish-brown patina.

Not recorded by Berger

The foundry Hermann Noack, to which the cast was presented the cast on 12 Nov. 2001, confirms that it is an early Noack cast with the typical patina of that time. The numeration and the foundry stamp are often missing.

We would like to thank Ursel Berger, Berlin, for confirmatory and additional information.

Provenance
Dr. Max Lütze, 1934 acquired directly from the artist; Diethelm Lütze, Stuttgart; Private collection, Baden-Württemberg

Exhibitions
Stuttgart 1972 (Staatsgalerie), Deutsche Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts - Sammlung Lütze, p. 20 ("Kleine Tänzerin")

Literature
Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Georg Kolbe. Plastik und Zeichnung, Munich 1922, p. 46 ("Weibliche Statuette") with illus. p. 22

For Georg Kolbe and his like-minded contemporaries, such as Richard Scheibe and Hermann Haller, bringing figurative sculpture into a modern form and freeing it from established representational traditions, formal rules and academic strictures was an important goal. They sought a pure depiction of the human body, free of artifice. Motion played an important role in this context. Gestures are generally reserved; however, the whole figure seems to be filled with an inner tension.
Regarding this, Ursel Berger writes: “The activity of his figures is not obvious and, accordingly, thematically one-dimensional. There are no depictions of scenes from everyday life, like those previously favoured by genre sculpture [...] Kolbe's figures do not play-act, they are themselves. This impression is achieved above all through the fact that the movements, even sweeping gestures, do not seem artificially superimposed on them. One particularly characteristic feature of Kolbe's sculptures is that each one's movement permeates the entire figure.” (in: Georg Kolbe 1877-1947, exhib. cat. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin, 16 Nov 1997 - 1 Feb 1998, pp. 26f.). Kolbe moulded the "Statuette I" in Istanbul in 1917 where he stayed during the war. The figure was only to be cast after his return to Germany in early 1919.
In 1934 the building engineer Dr Max Lütze purchased the bronze offered here - very probably directly from the artist. The Swabian-born Lütze worked as a director at the company Wayss und Freytag AG: beginning in the 1930s and continuing for around two decades, he gathered together an extensive collection of Expressionism. The Lütze collection, in its day one of the most important of its kind in West Germany, encompassed paintings by Franz Marc, Emil Nolde and Otto Mueller; watercolours by Nolde and Rohlfs; and also sculptures by Lehmbruck, Barlach and Kolbe. After Lütze's death in 1968 the collection was held in trust by his nephew Diethelm Lütze, of Stuttgart. Individual objects made their way into the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, which exhibited the entire collection, including the bronze by Kolbe, in 1972.

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