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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR55.7
People
Georg Kolbe, German (Waldheim, Germany 1877 - 1947 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Statuette
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Standing Nude, Ascending Girl, Statuette II, Statuette 1921
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1921
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
41.6 x 11.2 x 12.5 cm (16 3/8 x 4 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on base, proper left of figure, in artist's hand: GK
  • stamp: back of base, proper right of figure: H. NOACK BERLIN / FRIEDENAU

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lois Orswell, 1947-1955, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1955.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Copyright
© Georg Kolbe / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
BR55.7
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
hammer marks on left thigh
reddish-brown patina
two (drilled?) holes in base, front and back

Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 91, p. 325

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