WILHELM LEHMBRUCK (1881-1919) Kopf eines Denkers (Conceived in 1918, this bronze version cast af...
WILHELM LEHMBRUCK (1881-1919)
Kopf eines Denkers
bronze with brown-gold patina
61 x 58.7cm (24 x 23 1/8in).
Conceived in 1918, this bronze version cast after 1950 in an edition of 4.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Anon. sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 9 June 1984, lot 1009.
Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, UK (by descent from the above).
Literature
P. Westheim, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Potsdam, 1919, no. 54 (stone version illustrated).
A. Hoff, Das Werk Wilhelm Lehmbrucks, Druisburg, 1921, no. 64 (another cast illustrated).
A. Kuhn, Die neuere Plastik von Achtzehnhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Munich, 1921, no. 57 (stone version illustrated).
R. Heller, The Art of Wilhelm Lehmbruck, exh. cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1972, no. 53 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Der Kopf - Plastiken aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum der Stadt, Duisburg, 1978, pp. 26-27.
Exh. cat., Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1881-1919, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1979, no. 31 (another cast illustrated).
S. Salzmann, Das Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Recklinghausen, 1981 (another cast illustrated p. 93).
D. Schubert, Die Kunst Lehmbrucks, Worms, 1981, nos. 218-220 (stone versions illustrated).
Exh. cat., Expressionist sculpture, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, 1995, no. 47 (another cast exhibited).
G. Juppe, 'Kopf eines Denkers' in Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Kopf Eines denkers, 1918, Berlin & Chemnitz, 1997 (stone versions and other casts illustrated pp. 8, 17 & 19 and on the cover).
D. Schubert, 'Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Büste des Emporsteigenden Jünglings' in Lehmbruck, Brancusi, Léger, Bonnard, Klee, Fontana, Morandi: Texte zu Werken im Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Dusseldorf, 1997, p. 32.
D. Schubert, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Catalogue raisonné der Skulpturen, 1898-1919, Worms, 2001, no. 100.B.2, fig. 483 (illustrated p. 327).
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WILHELM LEHMBRUCK (1881-1919)
Kopf eines Denkers
bronze with brown-gold patina
61 x 58.7cm (24 x 23 1/8in).
Conceived in 1918, this bronze version cast after 1950 in an edition of 4.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Anon. sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 9 June 1984, lot 1009.
Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, UK (by descent from the above).
Literature
P. Westheim, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Potsdam, 1919, no. 54 (stone version illustrated).
A. Hoff, Das Werk Wilhelm Lehmbrucks, Druisburg, 1921, no. 64 (another cast illustrated).
A. Kuhn, Die neuere Plastik von Achtzehnhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Munich, 1921, no. 57 (stone version illustrated).
R. Heller, The Art of Wilhelm Lehmbruck, exh. cat., Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1972, no. 53 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Der Kopf - Plastiken aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum der Stadt, Duisburg, 1978, pp. 26-27.
Exh. cat., Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1881-1919, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1979, no. 31 (another cast illustrated).
S. Salzmann, Das Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Recklinghausen, 1981 (another cast illustrated p. 93).
D. Schubert, Die Kunst Lehmbrucks, Worms, 1981, nos. 218-220 (stone versions illustrated).
Exh. cat., Expressionist sculpture, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, 1995, no. 47 (another cast exhibited).
G. Juppe, 'Kopf eines Denkers' in Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Kopf Eines denkers, 1918, Berlin & Chemnitz, 1997 (stone versions and other casts illustrated pp. 8, 17 & 19 and on the cover).
D. Schubert, 'Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Büste des Emporsteigenden Jünglings' in Lehmbruck, Brancusi, Léger, Bonnard, Klee, Fontana, Morandi: Texte zu Werken im Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Dusseldorf, 1997, p. 32.
D. Schubert, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Catalogue raisonné der Skulpturen, 1898-1919, Worms, 2001, no. 100.B.2, fig. 483 (illustrated p. 327).
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP
TP For auctions held in Scotland: Please refer to the catalogue and/or after-sale information or contact Edinburgh@Bonhams.com for more information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (The Packengers, Unit 9, Abbey Mead Industrial Park, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HU, England, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue and/or after-sale information, sent out to all buyers post-sale. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 10 calendar days from the auction date.
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