Arnold Rönnebeck, Nec Soli Cedit (He Yields not Even to the Sun)
Arnold Rönnebeck
1885 - 1947
Nec Soli Cedit (He Yields not Even to the Sun)
bronze
inscribed: RONNEBECK / NEC SOLI CEDIT (Latin translation: he yields not even to the sun)
foundry stamp: H NOACK / BERLIN FRIEDENAU
7 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (19.1 x 8.3 x 20 cm.), with base: 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (21.6 x 14.9 x 21 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Arnold Rönnebeck (1885–1947) was a German-born American sculptor, lithographer, and important advocate of modernism. Born in Nassau, Germany, he studied architecture before pursuing sculpture at the Royal Art School in Berlin and continuing his training in Munich and Paris, where he studied with Aristide Maillol and Émile-Antoine Bourdelle. In Paris, he moved within an avant-garde circle that included Gertrude Stein, Marsden Hartley, and Charles Demuth. Following his service in World War I, Rönnebeck immigrated to the United States in 1923 and became associated with Alfred Stieglitz and his circle in New York. Encouraged by Hartley, he first traveled to Taos in 1925 as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan, beginning a lasting relationship with the American Southwest. He later settled in Denver with his wife, Louise Emerson, and served as director of the Denver Art Museum. Throughout his career, Rönnebeck worked across sculpture and printmaking, developing a distinctly modernist vocabulary that connected the artistic communities of Berlin, Paris, New York, Taos, Santa Fe, and Denver.
The present sculpture bears the foundry stamp of Hermann Noack, the distinguished Berlin fine-art foundry established by Hermann Noack in 1897. Founded in Berlin-Friedenau, the workshop remained there for more than a century and has continued through successive generations of the Noack family. The foundry became internationally recognized for its close collaboration with leading sculptors and artists, including August Gaul and Henry Moore, and for its work on major German monuments. Its history includes work associated with such prominent Berlin landmarks as Johann Gottfried Schadow's Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate and Friedrich Drake's Victoria on the Victory Column. The presence of the Hermann Noack foundry stamp on the present bronze connects Rönnebeck's sculpture to one of Germany's most established fine-art bronze foundries and to the European sculptural tradition in which he received his early artistic training.
Condition
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Arnold Rönnebeck
1885 - 1947
Nec Soli Cedit (He Yields not Even to the Sun)
bronze
inscribed: RONNEBECK / NEC SOLI CEDIT (Latin translation: he yields not even to the sun)
foundry stamp: H NOACK / BERLIN FRIEDENAU
7 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (19.1 x 8.3 x 20 cm.), with base: 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (21.6 x 14.9 x 21 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Arnold Rönnebeck (1885–1947) was a German-born American sculptor, lithographer, and important advocate of modernism. Born in Nassau, Germany, he studied architecture before pursuing sculpture at the Royal Art School in Berlin and continuing his training in Munich and Paris, where he studied with Aristide Maillol and Émile-Antoine Bourdelle. In Paris, he moved within an avant-garde circle that included Gertrude Stein, Marsden Hartley, and Charles Demuth. Following his service in World War I, Rönnebeck immigrated to the United States in 1923 and became associated with Alfred Stieglitz and his circle in New York. Encouraged by Hartley, he first traveled to Taos in 1925 as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan, beginning a lasting relationship with the American Southwest. He later settled in Denver with his wife, Louise Emerson, and served as director of the Denver Art Museum. Throughout his career, Rönnebeck worked across sculpture and printmaking, developing a distinctly modernist vocabulary that connected the artistic communities of Berlin, Paris, New York, Taos, Santa Fe, and Denver.
The present sculpture bears the foundry stamp of Hermann Noack, the distinguished Berlin fine-art foundry established by Hermann Noack in 1897. Founded in Berlin-Friedenau, the workshop remained there for more than a century and has continued through successive generations of the Noack family. The foundry became internationally recognized for its close collaboration with leading sculptors and artists, including August Gaul and Henry Moore, and for its work on major German monuments. Its history includes work associated with such prominent Berlin landmarks as Johann Gottfried Schadow's Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate and Friedrich Drake's Victoria on the Victory Column. The presence of the Hermann Noack foundry stamp on the present bronze connects Rönnebeck's sculpture to one of Germany's most established fine-art bronze foundries and to the European sculptural tradition in which he received his early artistic training.
Condition
A condition report for this lot is available upon request (please include the lot number in your request) and is provided by Santa Fe Art Auction as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers.
