Statuette | Harvard Art Museums

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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BR55.7: Statuette