Richard Luksch (1872-1936), a large female figure for Palais Stoclet, Brussels, designed in 1905

one of two replicas, red-bodied ceramic, with polychrome glazes; restored, partly chipped; height 202 cm. (MP)

Provenance:
Acquired in Hamburg in early 1970; German Private Collection.

Literature:
Collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.

Richard Luksch originally created two fayence figures for the entrance façade of the Purkersdorf Sanatorium near Vienna, before they were installed in the garden of Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Stylistically, the figures are based on Gustav Klimt and Auguste Rodin.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.