Bronze with brown patina. Plinth with the artist's signet and the number. Copy "XIII" aside from the planned edition of eleven Roman numbered copies, as metioned in the catalogue raisonné. 31 cm. Cast by art foundry Barth, Rinteln (with the foundry mark). [CH]. - In the same year, Marcks created the " Town Musicians of Bremen", one of the city's landmarks. - Marcks incorporated impressions gathered during his trip to Spain in 1949 into this work. He also created the lithograph "Spanisches Tänzerpaar" and the woodcut "La Farucca". - Part of a Northern German private collection for over 40 years. LITERATURE: Martina Rudloff and Günter Busch (eds.), Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 1977, no. 568 (illustrated, different copy).
Gerhard Marcks - zum 85. Geburtstag (special catalog 9), Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, April 1 - June 19, 1974, cat. no. 14 (illustrated). - - (Each a different copy) Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Kunsthalle, Kiel, 1952, cat. no. 50. Kunst am Rhein, Neues Museum, Wiesbaden, 1953, cat. no. 137. Gerhard Marcks, Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, April 19 - May 25, 1953, cat. no. 49. Gerhard Marcks, Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Nov. 1953, cat. no. 41. Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1953/1954, cat. no. 36. Gerhard Marcks. Bildwerke, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen (1931-1953), Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, 1954, cat. no. 43. Gerhard Marcks, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen, Düsseldorf, 1954 (without cat.). Juryfreie Kunstausstellung. Die Kunstpreisträger der Stadt Berlin 1955, Berlin, 1955 (w. cat.). Gerhard Marcks. Works 1931-1954, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 1955 (without cat.). Closing Exhibition. Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1955, cat. no. 109. Gerhard Marcks. Skulpturen, Handzeichnungen und Graphik, Nationalgalerie, Berlin (East), 1958, cat. no. 56. Gerhard Marcks. Werke ab 1924, Kunst- und Gewerbeverein, Pforzheim, 1958 (without cat.). Gerhard Marcks - anllässlich seines 70. Geburtstages, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1959, cat. no. 5. Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Holzschnitt, Zeichnung, Kunstverein, Heidelberg, 1961, cat. no. 28. Gerhard Marcks, Musée Rodin, Paris, 1971/72, cat. no. 18
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin. Private collection Hamburg (acquired fromt the above in 1980). Evcer since family-owned
Lot Details
Bronze with brown patina. Plinth with the artist's signet and the number. Copy "XIII" aside from the planned edition of eleven Roman numbered copies, as metioned in the catalogue raisonné. 31 cm. Cast by art foundry Barth, Rinteln (with the foundry mark). [CH]. - In the same year, Marcks created the " Town Musicians of Bremen", one of the city's landmarks. - Marcks incorporated impressions gathered during his trip to Spain in 1949 into this work. He also created the lithograph "Spanisches Tänzerpaar" and the woodcut "La Farucca". - Part of a Northern German private collection for over 40 years. LITERATURE: Martina Rudloff and Günter Busch (eds.), Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 1977, no. 568 (illustrated, different copy).
Gerhard Marcks - zum 85. Geburtstag (special catalog 9), Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, April 1 - June 19, 1974, cat. no. 14 (illustrated). - - (Each a different copy) Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Kunsthalle, Kiel, 1952, cat. no. 50. Kunst am Rhein, Neues Museum, Wiesbaden, 1953, cat. no. 137. Gerhard Marcks, Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, April 19 - May 25, 1953, cat. no. 49. Gerhard Marcks, Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Nov. 1953, cat. no. 41. Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1953/1954, cat. no. 36. Gerhard Marcks. Bildwerke, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen (1931-1953), Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, 1954, cat. no. 43. Gerhard Marcks, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westphalen, Düsseldorf, 1954 (without cat.). Juryfreie Kunstausstellung. Die Kunstpreisträger der Stadt Berlin 1955, Berlin, 1955 (w. cat.). Gerhard Marcks. Works 1931-1954, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 1955 (without cat.). Closing Exhibition. Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1955, cat. no. 109. Gerhard Marcks. Skulpturen, Handzeichnungen und Graphik, Nationalgalerie, Berlin (East), 1958, cat. no. 56. Gerhard Marcks. Werke ab 1924, Kunst- und Gewerbeverein, Pforzheim, 1958 (without cat.). Gerhard Marcks - anllässlich seines 70. Geburtstages, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1959, cat. no. 5. Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Holzschnitt, Zeichnung, Kunstverein, Heidelberg, 1961, cat. no. 28. Gerhard Marcks, Musée Rodin, Paris, 1971/72, cat. no. 18
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin. Private collection Hamburg (acquired fromt the above in 1980). Evcer since family-owned
Gerhard Marcks 
