Bronze with black-brown patina. With the monogram on the plinth. With the foundry mark "H. NOACK BERLIN-FRIEDENAU" on the reverse. From an edition of 6 copies. Height: 66 cm.
The small version of the “Brunnentänzerin" preceded the large version as a fountain figure, also in 1922. Cast by art foundry Hermann Noack, Berlin-Friedenau (with the foundry mark). [JS].
• Along with the “Javanese Dancer” (1920), Kolbe's “Brunnentänzerin” (Fountain Dancer) is considered one of his best sculptures, because of the accomplished depiction of movement.
• Cast during the artist's lifetime by Noack, Berlin-Friedenau.
• Very rare. To date, only one other cast carrying the stamp of “Noack-Friedenau” has been sold on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Another cast of this bronze is in the collection of the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
Accompanied by a certificate issued by Dr. Ursel Berger, Berlin, dated April 26, 2024.
LITERATURE: Cf. Ursel Berger, Georg Kolbe. Leben und Werk. Mit dem Katalog der Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 1990, cat. No. 47 (on the larger version as a fountain figure). Cf. Jan Giebel, Tanzend in eine neue Zeit, in: Julia Wallner (ed.), Georg Kolbe, Cologne 2017, pp. 36-44 (with illustration of the fountain figure in the garden of the Georg-Kolbe-Museum p. 39).