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Lot 50 Dα

A bronze figure of a rearing horse

Auction 1137 - overview Brussels
17.09.2019, 14:00 - The Modern Style
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
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A bronze figure of a rearing horse

Bronze with reddish brown patina and decorative green flecks on a black marble base. Signed to the side of the base SCHEURICH, caster's stamp RICH. BARTH BLN. MARIENDORF. H with base 43.5 cm.
The model by Paul Scheurich, 1934, the cast by Richard Barth Berlin-Mariendorf.

In 1934, Paul Scheurich was commissioned to create a monument in honour of the Field Artillery Regiment no. 27 "Oranien". Unexpectedly, he presented a model of a rearing horse with no direct connection to the regiment. The quality of the naturalistic depiction appealed to the patron's tastes and the Meissen manufactory purchased the design in 1937. However, the Ministry cancelled the commission in 1938 and thus there are only very few (possibly only two) bronze examples of Scheurich's rearing horse in existence.

Literature

Cf. a further example and a photograph of the monument to the Regiment in Wiesbaden illus. in Rafael, Paul Scheurich, Meissener Manuskripte Sonderband VIII, Meissen 1995, no. 62.2.