August Gaul - Liegender Löwe (Reclining Lion) - image-1

Lot 270 Dα

August Gaul - Liegender Löwe (Reclining Lion)

Auction 997 - overview Cologne
22.05.2012, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 4.270 € (incl. premium)

Bronze sculpture, 6.5 x 20 x 13 cm. Mounted on black marble base 2.5 x 20.2 x 13.3 cm. Signed Gaul on back of cast-with plinth at right and with the foundry mark "H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU" on the rear side of plinth. - With dark brown patina.

Gabler 17

Provenance

Formerly private collection, Hessen (since the1930's); private possession, Rhineland

Literature

Angelo Walther, Der Bildhauer August Gaul. Leben und Werk, Leipzig 1961, nr. 14; Roland Dorn, Verzeichnis der bei Paul Cassirer nachweisbaren Arbeiten von August Gaul, in: Ursel Berger, Der Tierbildhauer August Gaul, Berlin 1999, cat. nr. 91

Exhibitions

Berlin 1972 (Berlin Museum), August Gaul, with ill.; Berlin/Hamburg/Hanau 1999 (Georg Kolbe Museum/Ernst Barlach Haus/Museen d. Stadt Hanau), Der Tierbildhauer August Gaul, cat. nr. 4 with ill.