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Lot 379 Dα

Two cast iron figures of typical Berlin caricatures

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 700 € - 900 €
Result: 875 € (incl. premium)

Two cast iron figures of typical Berlin caricatures

Cast iron with copper/bronze coloured patina. Depicting “Eckensteher Nante” and “keifendes Weib” on an oblong plinth. H 19 cm.
Attributed to Siméon Pierre Devaranne, the models probably by Johann Carl Wilhelm Kratzenberg, c. 1840.

Provenance

The C. Lith collection.

Literature

Cf. Schmidt, Der preußische Eisenkunstguss, Berlin 1981, S. 206 ff. Cf. cat. Aus einem Guss, Berlin 1988, no. 194.