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Wilhelm Lehmbruck

Duisburg 1881 – 1919 Berlin

”Büste der Großen Sinnenden”. 1914

Terracotta, painted in colour. 45,5 × 41 × 20,5 cm (17 ⅞ × 16 ⅛ × 8 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Wilhelm Lehmbruck. ”Büste der Großen Sinnenden”. 1914.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Wilhelm Lehmbruck. ”Büste der Großen Sinnenden”. 1914.
This picture shows the following artwork: Wilhelm Lehmbruck. ”Büste der Großen Sinnenden”. 1914.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Wilhelm Lehmbruck. ”Büste der Großen Sinnenden”. 1914.

Estimate:

EUR 200,000

 

- 300,000

USD 235,000

 

- 353,000

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Thursday, 04.06.2026, 6:00 PM

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Terracotta, painted in colour. 45,5 × 41 × 20,5 cm (17 ⅞ × 16 ⅛ × 8 ⅛ in.). Signed on the right arm at the front: W. LEHMBRUCK. Signed again on the right shoulder at the bottom: W LEHMBRUCK. Catalogue raisonné: Schubert 66 A2 (with differing dimensions). Presumably cast during the artist's lifetime. The only known example of the two known terracotta pieces. The version and left tip of breast skillfully repaired. [3022]

Estate of the artist (thence by descent to the present owner; 2019 as long-term loan in the Museum für neue Kunst, Freiburg)

The estimate of €150,000–200,000 listed in the printed catalog is incorrect. Correct provenance: Estate of the artist (thence by descent to the present owner)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck. Gedächtnisausstellung zum 75. Geburtstage des Künstlers. Duisburg, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, 1955/56, cat. no. 36 (“Mädchenbüste“)

Hans Eckstein: Vergeistigung des Leibes – Wiederbegegnung mit dem Werk Lehmbrucks. In: Bildende Kunst, issue 2, 1948, p. 22–24, ill. p. 23 / Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg (ed.): Wilhelm Lehmbruck-Sammlung. Vol. I: Plastik, Malerei. Recklinghausen, Aurel Bongers, 1964, no cat. no. (“Mädchenbüste“, with differing dimensions and media), ill. p. 61

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