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Tina Haim-Wentscher

Constantinople 1887 – 1974 St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia

Nefertiti – Replication after the original from 1353/1336 BC from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Between 1947 and 1957

Plaster, painted in colour; wood / wooden base, painted, partially gilt. 55,5 × 20 × 28 cm / base: 118 × 50 × 45 cm (21 ⅞ × 7 ⅞ × 11 in. / base: 46 ½ × 19 ⅝ × 17 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Tina Haim-Wentscher. Nefertiti – Replication after the original from 1353/1336 BC from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Between 1947 and 1957.

Estimate:

EUR 7,500

 

- 9,000

USD 8,240

 

- 9,890

Sold for:

16,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

ORANGERIE Big Animals. Big Shots, Thursday, 28.11.2019

Information

Plaster, painted in colour; wood / wooden base, painted, partially gilt. 55,5 × 20 × 28 cm / base: 118 × 50 × 45 cm (21 ⅞ × 7 ⅞ × 11 in. / base: 46 ½ × 19 ⅝ × 17 ¾ in.). Inscribed underside of the plinth with the model number: 539. Gipsformerei Berlin-Charlottenburg. Formerly Staatl. Museen zu Berlin. On a green wooden base, circa 1850.

Related literature: Martina Dlugaiczyk: Serien-Star Nofretete. Neue Quellen zur 3D-Rezeption der Büste vor der Amarna-Ausstellung 1924. In: Christina Haak and Miguel Helfrich (ed.): Casting. Ein analoger Weg ins Zeitalter der Digitalisierung? Ein Symposium zur Gipsformerei der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Heidelberg, 2016, p. 162–173.

We would like to thank Thomas Schelper, Replica workshop, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, for kindly providing additional information..

Private Collection, Berlin and Bavaria