Lot 243 D α

Gerhard Marcks - Kora

Auction 1279 - overview Cologne
05.12.2025, 11:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 30.000 €
Result: 46.620 € (incl. premium)

Gerhard Marcks

Kora
1964

Bronze. Height 86.2 cm. Artist's mark on plinth, numbered on back right edge of plinth, and with foundry mark "GUSS BARTH BERLIN". Cast 8/8. - Light, golden-brown patina. - Very fine condition.

The figure is based on model studies that Marcks created for "Venus, sich die Haare aufbindend" 1960 (cf. Rudloff 748).

Catalogue Raisonné

Rudloff 827; Gerhard Marcks works diary plaster/bronze 612

Provenance

Galerie Nierendorf Berlin; Private property, North Rhine-Westphalia

Exhibitions

Cf. et al. New York 1967 (Leonard Hutton Galleries), A comprehensive exhibition of bronze sculpture by Gerhard
Marcks, cat. no. 33; Paris 1971/72 (Musée Rodin), Gerhard Marcks, cat. no. 54