Bronze, 38 x 45 x 20 cm, base: red marble
Signed: Erich Schmidt-Kestner; foundry mark: Akt-Ges. Vorm / H. Gladenbeck u. Sohn.
Erich SCHMIDT-KESTNER
1877 Berlin - 1941 Nordhausen
German sculptor. Studied at the academies of Berlin and Düsseldorf. He received the Rome Prize and spent the years 1905-6 on a study trip to Rome. He was active in Berlin until 1926. In 1927-35, he ran a sculpture studio at the School of Arts and Crafts in Königsberg. In 1935 he became a lecturer at the School of Arts in Kassel. He created many monuments, park sculptures and sculptural decorations of public buildings in Berlin and Königsberg, as well as numerous cabinet bronzes, stone sculptures and models for porcelain factories.
Asking price 12,000
Estimate 15000 - 17000
