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August Gaul

Großauheim near Hanau 1869 – 1921 Berlin

„Modell Junger Schwan“. Circa 1919

Bronze with dark brown patina, mounted on a marble base. 30,8 × 12 × 24,8 cm (12 ⅛ × 4 ¾ × 9 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: August Gaul. „Modell Junger Schwan“. Circa 1919.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 12,000

USD 9,420

 

- 14,100

Sold for:

13,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

Modern Art, Friday, 01.12.2017

Information

Bronze with dark brown patina, mounted on a marble base. 30,8 × 12 × 24,8 cm (12 ⅛ × 4 ¾ × 9 ¾ in.). Signed on the plinth at the back on the right: A. GAUL. At the back left on the short side of the plinth with the foundry mark: H.NOACK BERLIN. Catalogue raisonné: Catalogue raisonné: Gabler 272. Posthumous cast.

Model for the Schwanenbrunnen (swan fountain) for Leo Lewin, Wrocław. The textile producer was a great collector of August Gaul sculptures and had commissioned the artist with the design for a fountain for his new villa in Wroclaw, designed by the architect Oskar Kaufmann.

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